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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 -*-
+## Make two polynomials equally long by adding leading zeros
+## to the shorter one. For internal use only.
+
+## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Created: September 2009
+## Version: 0.1
+
+function [a, b] = __make_equally_long__ (a, b)
+
+ la = length (a.poly);
+ lb = length (b.poly);
+ lmax = max (la, lb);
+
+ a.poly = [zeros(1, lmax-la), a.poly];
+ b.poly = [zeros(1, lmax-lb), b.poly];
+
+endfunction
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