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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
+## Copyright (C) 2009 VZLU Prague
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} center (@var{x})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} center (@var{x}, @var{dim})
+## If @var{x} is a vector, subtract its mean.
+## If @var{x} is a matrix, do the above for each column.
+## If the optional argument @var{dim} is given, operate along this dimension.
+## @seealso{zscore}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Description: Center by subtracting means
+
+function retval = center (x, dim)
+
+ if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (! (isnumeric (x) || islogical (x)))
+ error ("center: X must be a numeric vector or matrix");
+ endif
+
+ if (isinteger (x))
+ x = double (x);
+ endif
+
+ nd = ndims (x);
+ sz = size (x);
+ if (nargin != 2)
+ ## Find the first non-singleton dimension.
+ (dim = find (sz > 1, 1)) || (dim = 1);
+ else
+ if (!(isscalar (dim) && dim == fix (dim))
+ || !(1 <= dim && dim <= nd))
+ error ("center: DIM must be an integer and a valid dimension");
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ n = sz(dim);
+
+ if (n == 0)
+ retval = x;
+ else
+ retval = bsxfun (@minus, x, mean (x, dim));
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!assert(center ([1,2,3]), [-1,0,1])
+%!assert(center (single([1,2,3])), single([-1,0,1]))
+%!assert(center (int8 ([1,2,3])), [-1,0,1])
+%!assert(center (logical ([1, 0, 0, 1])), [0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.5])
+%!assert(center (ones (3,2,0,2)), zeros (3,2,0,2))
+%!assert(center (ones (3,2,0,2, 'single')), zeros (3,2,0,2, 'single'))
+%!assert(center (magic (3)), [3,-4,1;-2,0,2;-1,4,-3])
+%!assert(center ([1 2 3; 6 5 4], 2), [-1 0 1; 1 0 -1])
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error center ()
+%!error center (1, 2, 3)
+%!error center (1, ones(2,2))
+%!error center (1, 1.5)
+%!error center (1, 0)
+%!error center (1, 3)