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+## Copyright (C) 2001 Laurent Mazet
+##
+## 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/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{m} = } vec2mat (@var{v}, @var{c})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{m} = } vec2mat (@var{v}, @var{c}, @var{d})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{m}, @var{add}] = } vec2mat (@dots{})
+##
+## Converts the vector @var{v} into a @var{c} column matrix with row priority
+## arrangement and with the final column padded with the value @var{d} to the
+## correct length. By default @var{d} is 0. The amount of padding added to
+## the matrix is returned in @var{add}.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## 2001-02-02
+## initial release
+
+function [M, d] = vec2mat (V, c, val)
+
+ switch (nargin)
+ case 1,
+ M = V;
+ return;
+ case 2,
+ val = 0;
+ case 3,
+ val = val;
+ otherwise
+ error ("usage: [M, add] = vec2mat (V, c [, d])");
+ endswitch
+
+ V = V.';
+ V = V(:);
+
+ r = ceil (length (V) / c);
+
+ d = r * c - length (V);
+ if (d != 0)
+ V = [ V ; val*ones(d, 1) ];
+ endif
+
+ M = reshape (V, c, r).';
+
+endfunction