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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{retval} =} is_sample (@var{Ts})
## return true if @var{Ts} is a valid sampling time
## (real,scalar, > 0)
## @end deftypefn

## Author: A. S. Hodel <a.s.hodel@eng.auburn.edu>
## Created: July 1995

function out = is_sample (Ts)

  out = (is_scalar(Ts) && (Ts == abs(Ts)) && (Ts != 0) );

endfunction