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+## Copyright (C) 2000 Paul Kienzle <pkienzle@users.sf.net>
+##
+## This program 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.
+##
+## This program 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
+## this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## usage: y = rectpuls(t, w)
+##
+## Generate a rectangular pulse over the interval [-w/2,w/2), sampled at
+## times t. This is useful with the function pulstran for generating a
+## series pulses.
+##
+## Example
+## fs = 11025; # arbitrary sample rate
+## f0 = 100; # pulse train sample rate
+## w = 0.3/f0; # pulse width 3/10th the distance between pulses
+## auplot(pulstran(0:1/fs:4/f0, 0:1/f0:4/f0, 'rectpuls', w), fs);
+##
+## See also: pulstran
+
+function y = rectpuls(t, w = 1)
+
+ if nargin<1 || nargin>2,
+ print_usage;
+ endif
+
+ y = zeros(size(t));
+ idx = find(t>=-w/2 & t < w/2);
+ try wfi = warning("off", "Octave:fortran-indexing");
+ catch wfi = 0;
+ end
+ unwind_protect
+ y(idx) = ones(size(idx));
+ unwind_protect_cleanup
+ warning(wfi);
+ end_unwind_protect
+endfunction
+
+%!assert(rectpuls(0:1/100:0.3,.1), rectpuls([0:1/100:0.3]',.1)');
+%!assert(isempty(rectpuls([],.1)));
+%!demo
+%! fs = 11025; # arbitrary sample rate
+%! f0 = 100; # pulse train sample rate
+%! w = 0.3/f0; # pulse width 1/10th the distance between pulses
+%! ylabel("amplitude"); xlabel("time (ms)");
+%! title("graph shows 3 ms pulses at 0,10,20,30 and 40 ms");
+%! auplot(pulstran(0:1/fs:4/f0, 0:1/f0:4/f0, 'rectpuls', w), fs);
+%! title(""); xlabel(""); ylabel("");