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+## Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Paul Kienzle
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{yi} =} ppval (@var{pp}, @var{xi})
+## Evaluate the piecewise polynomial structure @var{pp} at the points @var{xi}.
+## If @var{pp} describes a scalar polynomial function, the result is an
+## array of the same shape as @var{xi}.
+## Otherwise, the size of the result is @code{[pp.dim, length(@var{xi})]} if
+## @var{xi} is a vector, or @code{[pp.dim, size(@var{xi})]} if it is a
+## multi-dimensional array.
+## @seealso{mkpp, unmkpp, spline, pchip}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function yi = ppval (pp, xi)
+
+ if (nargin != 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+ if (! (isstruct (pp) && strcmp (pp.form, "pp")))
+ error ("ppval: first argument must be a pp-form structure");
+ endif
+
+ ## Extract info.
+ [x, P, n, k, d] = unmkpp (pp);
+
+ ## dimension checks
+ sxi = size (xi);
+ if (isvector (xi))
+ xi = xi(:).';
+ endif
+
+ nd = length (d);
+
+ ## Determine intervals.
+ xn = numel (xi);
+ idx = lookup (x, xi, "lr");
+
+ P = reshape (P, [d, n * k]);
+ P = shiftdim (P, nd);
+ P = reshape (P, [n, k, d]);
+ Pidx = P(idx(:), :);#2d matrix size x: coefs*prod(d) y: prod(sxi)
+
+ if (isvector(xi))
+ Pidx = reshape (Pidx, [xn, k, d]);
+ Pidx = shiftdim (Pidx, 1);
+ dimvec = [d, xn];
+ else
+ Pidx = reshape (Pidx, [sxi, k, d]);
+ Pidx = shiftdim (Pidx, length (sxi));
+ dimvec = [d, sxi];
+ endif
+ ndv = length (dimvec);
+
+ ## Offsets.
+ dx = (xi - x(idx));
+ dx = repmat (dx, [prod(d), 1]);
+ dx = reshape (dx, dimvec);
+ dx = shiftdim (dx, ndv - 1);
+
+ ## Use Horner scheme.
+ yi = Pidx;
+ if (k > 1)
+ yi = shiftdim (reshape (Pidx(1,:), dimvec), ndv - 1);
+ endif
+
+ for i = 2 : k;
+ yi .*= dx;
+ yi += shiftdim (reshape (Pidx(i,:), dimvec), ndv - 1);
+ endfor
+
+ ## Adjust shape.
+ if ((numel (xi) > 1) || (length (d) == 1))
+ yi = reshape (shiftdim (yi, 1), dimvec);
+ endif
+
+ if (isvector (xi) && (d == 1))
+ yi = reshape (yi, sxi);
+ elseif (isfield (pp, "orient") && strcmp (pp.orient, "first"))
+ yi = shiftdim(yi, nd);
+ endif
+
+ ##
+ #if (d == 1)
+ # yi = reshape (yi, sxi);
+ #endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!shared b,c,pp,pp2,xi,abserr
+%! b = 1:3; c = ones(2); pp=mkpp(b,c);abserr = 1e-14;pp2=mkpp(b,[c;c],2);
+%! xi = [1.1 1.3 1.9 2.1];
+%!assert (ppval(pp,1.1), 1.1, abserr);
+%!assert (ppval(pp,2.1), 1.1, abserr);
+%!assert (ppval(pp,xi), [1.1 1.3 1.9 1.1], abserr);
+%!assert (ppval(pp,xi.'), [1.1 1.3 1.9 1.1].', abserr);
+%!assert (ppval(pp2,1.1), [1.1;1.1], abserr);
+%!assert (ppval(pp2,2.1), [1.1;1.1], abserr);
+%!assert (ppval(pp2,xi), [1.1 1.3 1.9 1.1;1.1 1.3 1.9 1.1], abserr);
+%!assert (ppval(pp2,xi'), [1.1 1.3 1.9 1.1;1.1 1.3 1.9 1.1], abserr);
+%!assert (size(ppval(pp2,[xi;xi])), [2 2 4]);