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+## Copyright (C) 1994-2012 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} fftfilt (@var{b}, @var{x}, @var{n})
+##
+## With two arguments, @code{fftfilt} filters @var{x} with the FIR filter
+## @var{b} using the FFT.
+##
+## Given the optional third argument, @var{n}, @code{fftfilt} uses the
+## overlap-add method to filter @var{x} with @var{b} using an N-point FFT.
+##
+## If @var{x} is a matrix, filter each column of the matrix.
+## @seealso{filter, filter2}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Created: 3 September 1994
+## Adapted-By: jwe
+
+function y = fftfilt (b, x, n)
+
+ ## If N is not specified explicitly, we do not use the overlap-add
+ ## method at all because loops are really slow. Otherwise, we only
+ ## ensure that the number of points in the FFT is the smallest power
+ ## of two larger than N and length(b). This could result in length
+ ## one blocks, but if the user knows better ...
+
+ if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ transpose = (rows (x) == 1);
+
+ if (transpose)
+ x = x.';
+ endif
+
+ [r_x, c_x] = size (x);
+ [r_b, c_b] = size (b);
+
+ if (! isvector (b))
+ error ("fftfilt: B must be a vector");
+ endif
+
+ if (ndims (x) != 2)
+ error ("fftfilt: X must be a 1-D or 2-D array");
+ endif
+
+ l_b = r_b * c_b;
+ b = reshape (b, l_b, 1);
+
+ if (nargin == 2)
+ ## Use FFT with the smallest power of 2 which is >= length (x) +
+ ## length (b) - 1 as number of points ...
+ n = 2 ^ nextpow2 (r_x + l_b - 1);
+ B = fft (b, n);
+ y = ifft (fft (x, n) .* B(:, ones (1, c_x)));
+ else
+ ## Use overlap-add method ...
+ if (! (isscalar (n)))
+ error ("fftfilt: N has to be a scalar");
+ endif
+ n = 2 ^ nextpow2 (max ([n, l_b]));
+ L = n - l_b + 1;
+ B = fft (b, n);
+ B = B(:, ones (c_x,1));
+ R = ceil (r_x / L);
+ y = zeros (r_x, c_x);
+ for r = 1:R;
+ lo = (r - 1) * L + 1;
+ hi = min (r * L, r_x);
+ tmp = zeros (n, c_x);
+ tmp(1:(hi-lo+1),:) = x(lo:hi,:);
+ tmp = ifft (fft (tmp) .* B);
+ hi = min (lo+n-1, r_x);
+ y(lo:hi,:) = y(lo:hi,:) + tmp(1:(hi-lo+1),:);
+ endfor
+ endif
+
+ y = y(1:r_x, :);
+ if (transpose)
+ y = y.';
+ endif
+
+ ## Final cleanups: If both x and b are real, y should be real.
+ ## If both x and b are integer, y should be integer.
+
+ if (isreal (b) && isreal (x))
+ y = real (y);
+ endif
+ if (! any (b - fix (b)))
+ idx = !any (x - fix (x));
+ y(:, idx) = round (y(:, idx));
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!shared b, x, r
+%!test
+%! b = [1 1];
+%! x = [1, zeros(1,9)];
+%! assert(fftfilt(b, x ), [1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0] , eps);
+%! assert(fftfilt(b, x.'), [1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0].', eps);
+%! assert(fftfilt(b.',x ), [1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0] , eps);
+%! assert(fftfilt(b.',x.'), [1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0].', eps);
+
+%!test
+%! r = sqrt(1/2) * (1+i);
+%! b = b*r;
+%! assert(fftfilt(b, x ), r*[1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0] , eps);
+%! assert(fftfilt(b, r*x), r*r*[1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0], eps);
+%! assert(fftfilt(b, x.'), r*[1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0].', eps);
+
+%!test
+%! b = [1 1];
+%! x = zeros (10,3); x(1,1)=-1; x(1,2)=1;
+%! y0 = zeros (10,3); y0(1:2,1)=-1; y0(1:2,2)=1;
+%! y = fftfilt (b, x);
+%! assert (y,y0);
+
+%!test
+%! b = rand (10, 1);
+%! x = rand (10, 1);
+%! y0 = filter (b, 1, x);
+%! y = filter (b, 1, x);
+%! assert (y, y0);
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error fftfilt (1)
+%!error fftfilt (1, 2, 3, 4)
+%!error fftfilt (ones (2), 1)
+%!error fftfilt (2, ones (3,3,3))
+%!error fftfilt (2, 1, ones (2))
+