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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{w} =} __frequency_vector__ (@var{sys})
+## Get default range of frequencies based on cutoff frequencies of system
+## poles and zeros.
+## Frequency range is the interval
+## @iftex
+## @tex
+## $ [ 10^{w_{min}}, 10^{w_{max}} ] $
+## @end tex
+## @end iftex
+## @ifnottex
+## [10^@var{wmin}, 10^@var{wmax}]
+## @end ifnottex
+##
+## Used by @command{__frequency_response__}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Adapted-By: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Date: October 2009
+## Version: 0.3
+
+function w = __frequency_vector__ (sys, wbounds = "std", wmin, wmax)
+
+ zer = zero (sys);
+ pol = pole (sys);
+ tsam = abs (get (sys, "tsam")); # tsam could be -1
+ discrete = ! isct (sys); # static gains (tsam = -2) are assumed continuous
+
+ ## make sure zer, pol are row vectors
+ pol = reshape (pol, 1, []);
+ zer = reshape (zer, 1, []);
+
+ ## check for natural frequencies away from omega = 0
+ if (discrete)
+ ## The 2nd conditions prevents log(0) in the next log command
+ iiz = find (abs(zer-1) > norm(zer)*eps && abs(zer) > norm(zer)*eps);
+ iip = find (abs(pol-1) > norm(pol)*eps && abs(pol) > norm(pol)*eps);
+
+ ## avoid dividing empty matrices, it would work but looks nasty
+ if (! isempty (iiz))
+ czer = log (zer(iiz))/tsam;
+ else
+ czer = [];
+ endif
+
+ if (! isempty (iip))
+ cpol = log (pol(iip))/tsam;
+ else
+ cpol = [];
+ endif
+ else
+ ## continuous
+ iip = find (abs(pol) > norm(pol)*eps);
+ iiz = find (abs(zer) > norm(zer)*eps);
+
+ if (! isempty (zer))
+ czer = zer(iiz);
+ else
+ czer = [];
+ endif
+ if (! isempty (pol))
+ cpol = pol(iip);
+ else
+ cpol = [];
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (isempty (iip) && isempty (iiz))
+ ## no poles/zeros away from omega = 0; pick defaults
+ dec_min = 0; # -1
+ dec_max = 2; # 3
+ else
+ dec_min = floor (log10 (min (abs ([cpol, czer]))));
+ dec_max = ceil (log10 (max (abs ([cpol, czer]))));
+ endif
+
+ ## expand to show the entirety of the "interesting" portion of the plot
+ switch (wbounds)
+ case "std" # standard
+ if (dec_min == dec_max)
+ dec_min -= 2;
+ dec_max += 2;
+ else
+ dec_min--;
+ dec_max++;
+ endif
+ case "ext" # extended (for nyquist)
+ if (any (abs (pol) < sqrt (eps))) # look for integrators
+ ## dec_min -= 0.5;
+ dec_max += 2;
+ else
+ dec_min -= 2;
+ dec_max += 2;
+ endif
+ otherwise
+ error ("frequency_range: second argument invalid");
+ endswitch
+
+ ## run discrete frequency all the way to pi
+ if (discrete)
+ dec_max = log10 (pi/tsam);
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin == 4) # w = {wmin, wmax}
+ dec_min = log10 (wmin);
+ dec_max = log10 (wmax);
+ endif
+
+ ## create frequency vector
+ zp = [abs(zer), abs(pol)];
+ idx = find (zp > 10^dec_min & zp < 10^dec_max);
+ zp = zp(idx);
+
+ w = logspace (dec_min, dec_max, 500);
+ w = unique ([w, zp]); # unique also sorts frequency vector
+
+endfunction