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+%% 2011 Adapted to Octave by Juan Pablo Carbajal <carbajal@ifi.uzh.ch>
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+%% -*- texinfo -*-
+%% @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{nm} = } vectorNorm (@var{v})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{nm} = } vectorNorm (@var{v},@var{n})
+%% Compute norm of a vector, or of a set of vectors
+%%
+%% Without extra arguments, returns the euclidean norm of vector V.
+%% Optional argument @var{n} specifies the norm to use. N can be any value
+%% greater than 0.
+%% @table @samp
+%% @item N=1
+%% City lock norm.
+%% @item N=2
+%% Euclidean norm.
+%% @item N=inf
+%% Compute max coord.
+%% @end table
+%%
+%% When @var{v} is a MxN array, compute norm for each vector of the array.
+%% Vector are given as rows. Result is then a Mx1 array.
+%%
+%% Example
+%%
+%% @example
+%% n1 = vectorNorm([3 4])
+%% n1 =
+%% 5
+%%
+%% n2 = vectorNorm([1, 10], inf)
+%% n2 =
+%% 10
+%% @end example
+%%
+%% @seealso{vectors2d, vectorAngle}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function n = vectorNorm(v, varargin)
+
+ % size of vector
+ dim = size(v);
+
+ % extract the type of norm to compute
+ d = 2;
+ if ~isempty(varargin)
+ d = varargin{1};
+ end
+
+ if d==2
+ % euclidean norm: sum of squared coordinates, and take square root
+ if dim(1)==1 || dim(2)==1
+ n = sqrt(sum(v.*v));
+ else
+ n = sqrt(sum(v.*v, 2));
+ end
+ elseif d==1
+ % absolute norm: sum of absolute coordinates
+ if dim(1)==1 || dim(2)==1
+ n = sum(abs(v));
+ else
+ n = sum(abs(v), 2);
+ end
+ elseif d==inf
+ % infinite norm: uses the maximal corodinate
+ if dim(1)==1 || dim(2)==1
+ n = max(v);
+ else
+ n = max(v, [], 2);
+ end
+ else
+ % Other norms, use explicit but slower expression
+ if dim(1)==1 || dim(2)==1
+ n = power(sum(power(v, d)), 1/d);
+ else
+ n = power(sum(power(v, d), 2), 1/d);
+ end
+ end
+
+endfunction
+
+%!assert (5, vectorNorm ([3 4]))
+%!assert(10, vectorNorm ([1, 10], inf))
+