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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} detrend (@var{x}, @var{p})
+## If @var{x} is a vector, @code{detrend (@var{x}, @var{p})} removes the
+## best fit of a polynomial of order @var{p} from the data @var{x}.
+##
+## If @var{x} is a matrix, @code{detrend (@var{x}, @var{p})} does the same
+## for each column in @var{x}.
+##
+## The second argument is optional. If it is not specified, a value of 1
+## is assumed. This corresponds to removing a linear trend.
+##
+## The order of the polynomial can also be given as a string, in which case
+## @var{p} must be either @t{"constant"} (corresponds to @code{@var{p}=0}) or
+## @t{"linear"} (corresponds to @code{@var{p}=1}).
+## @seealso{polyfit}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Created: 11 October 1994
+## Adapted-By: jwe
+
+function y = detrend (x, p = 1)
+ ## Check input
+ if (nargin > 0 && isreal (x) && ndims (x) <= 2)
+ ## Check p
+ if (ischar (p) && strcmpi (p, "constant"))
+ p = 0;
+ elseif (ischar (p) && strcmpi (p, "linear"))
+ p = 1;
+ elseif (!isscalar (p) || p < 0 || p != fix (p))
+ error ("detrend: second input argument must be 'constant', 'linear' or a positive integer");
+ endif
+ else
+ error ("detrend: first input argument must be a real vector or matrix");
+ endif
+
+ [m, n] = size (x);
+ if (m == 1)
+ x = x';
+ endif
+
+ r = rows (x);
+ b = ((1 : r)' * ones (1, p + 1)) .^ (ones (r, 1) * (0 : p));
+ y = x - b * (b \ x);
+
+ if (m == 1)
+ y = y';
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!test
+%! N=32;
+%! x = (0:1:N-1)/N + 2;
+%! y = detrend(x);
+%! assert(all (all (abs (y) < 20*eps)));
+
+%!test
+%! N=32;
+%! t = (0:1:N-1)/N;
+%! x = t .* t + 2;
+%! y = detrend(x,2);
+%! assert(all (all (abs (y) < 30*eps)));
+
+%!test
+%! N=32;
+%! t = (0:1:N-1)/N;
+%! x = [t;4*t-3]';
+%! y = detrend(x);
+%! assert(all (all (abs (y) < 20*eps)));
+