# Copyright (C) 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
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function retval = nargchk (nargin_min, nargin_max, n)

# usage: nargchk (nargin_min, nargin_max, n)
#
# If N is in the range NARGIN_MIN to NARGIN_MAX, return the empty
# matrix.  Otherwise, return a message indicating whether N is too
# large or too small.

  if (nargin != 3)
    usage ("nargchk (nargin_min, nargin_max, n)");
  endif

  if (nargin_min > nargin_max)
    error  ("nargchk: nargin_min > nargin_max");
  endif

  if (n < nargin_min)
    retval = "nargchk: N is less than nargin_min";
  elseif (n > nargin_max)
    retval = "nargchk: N is greater than nargin_max";
  else
    retval = [];
  endif

endfunction