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+## Copyright (C) 2009, 2012 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 -*-
+## Subscripted reference for LTI objects.
+## Used by Octave for "sys = sys(2:4, :)" or "val = sys.prop".
+
+## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Created: September 2009
+## Version: 0.4
+
+function a = subsref (a, s)
+
+ if (numel (s) == 0)
+ return;
+ endif
+
+ switch (s(1).type)
+ case "()"
+ idx = s(1).subs;
+ if (numel (idx) == 2)
+ a = __sys_prune__ (a, idx{1}, idx{2});
+ elseif (numel (idx) == 1)
+ a = __freqresp__ (a, idx{1});
+ else
+ error ("lti: subsref: need one or two indices");
+ endif
+ case "."
+ fld = s(1).subs;
+ a = get (a, fld);
+ ## warning ("lti: subsref: do not use subsref for development");
+ otherwise
+ error ("lti: subsref: invalid subscript type");
+ endswitch
+
+ a = subsref (a, s(2:end));
+
+endfunction
+
+
+## lti: subsref
+%!shared a
+%! s = tf ("s");
+%! G = (s+1)*s*5/(s+1)/(s^2+s+1);
+%! a = G(1,1).num{1,1}(1);
+%!assert (a, 5, 1e-4);