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+## Copyright (C) 2009, 2011 Lukas F. Reichlin
+##
+## This file is part of LTI Syncope.
+##
+## LTI Syncope is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## LTI Syncope is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with LTI Syncope. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## Remove leading zeros from a polynomial, except for polynomials
+## which are of length 1. For internal use only.
+
+## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Created: September 2009
+## Version: 0.2
+
+function p = __remove_leading_zeros__ (p)
+
+ idx = find (p.poly != 0);
+
+ if (isempty (idx))
+ p.poly = 0;
+ else
+ p.poly = p.poly(idx(1) : end); # p.poly(idx) would remove all zeros
+ endif
+
+endfunction
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