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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File } { } tfout (@var{num}, @var{denom}@{, @var{x}@})
##  print formatted transfer function @math{n(s)/d(s) } to the screen
##  @var{x} defaults to the string @code{"s"}
## @end deftypefn

##  See also: polyval, polyvalm, poly, roots, conv, deconv, residue, 
##	filter, polyderiv, polyinteg, polyout

function tfout(num,denom,x)
# Written by A. Scottedward Hodel (scotte@eng.auburn.edu) June 1995)
  
  save_val = implicit_str_to_num_ok;
  save_empty = empty_list_elements_ok;
  empty_list_elements_ok = implicit_str_to_num_ok = 1;
  
  if (nargin < 2 ) | (nargin > 3) | (nargout != 0 ) 
    usage("tfout(num,denom[,x])");
  endif

  if ( (!is_vector(num)) | (!is_vector(denom)) )
    error("tfout: first two argument must be vectors");
  endif
  
  if (nargin == 2)
    x = 's';
  elseif( ! isstr(x) )
    error("tfout: third argument must be a string");
  endif

  numstring = polyout(num,x);
  denomstring = polyout(denom,x);
  len = max(length(numstring),length(denomstring));
  if(len > 0)
    y = strrep(blanks(len)," ","-");
    disp(numstring)
    disp(y)
    disp(denomstring)
  else
    error('tfout: empty transfer function')
  end

  implicit_str_to_num_ok = save_val;
  empty_list_elements_ok = save_empty;
endfunction