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+## Copyright (C) 2009 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 -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{sys} =} xperm (@var{sys}, @var{st_idx})
+## Reorder states in state-space models.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Created: November 2009
+## Version: 0.1
+
+function sys = xperm (sys, st_idx)
+
+ if (nargin != 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (! is_real_vector (st_idx))
+ error ("xperm: second argument invalid");
+ endif
+
+ if (! isa (sys, "ss"))
+ warning ("xperm: system not in state-space form");
+ sys = ss (sys);
+ endif
+
+ sys = __sys_prune__ (sys, ":", ":", st_idx);
+
+endfunction
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