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+%% Copyright (C) 2005 Julius O. Smith III <jos@ccrma.stanford.edu>
+%%
+%% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+%% the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+%% Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+%% version.
+%%
+%% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+%% ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+%% FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+%% details.
+%%
+%% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+%% this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+%% -*- texinfo -*-
+%% @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{zc}, @var{zr}] =} cplxreal (@var{z}, @var{thresh})
+%% Split the vector z into its complex (@var{zc}) and real (@var{zr}) elements,
+%% eliminating one of each complex-conjugate pair.
+%%
+%% INPUTS:@*
+%% @itemize
+%% @item
+%% @var{z} = row- or column-vector of complex numbers@*
+%% @item
+%% @var{thresh} = tolerance threshold for numerical comparisons (default = 100*eps)
+%% @end itemize
+%%
+%% RETURNED:@*
+%% @itemize
+%% @item
+%% @var{zc} = elements of @var{z} having positive imaginary parts@*
+%% @item
+%% @var{zr} = elements of @var{z} having zero imaginary part@*
+%% @end itemize
+%%
+%% Each complex element of @var{z} is assumed to have a complex-conjugate
+%% counterpart elsewhere in @var{z} as well. Elements are declared real
+%% if their imaginary parts have magnitude less than @var{thresh}.
+%%
+%% @seealso{cplxpair}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function [zc,zr] = cplxreal (z, thresh = 100*eps)
+
+ % interesting for testing: if nargin<2, thresh=1E-3; end
+
+ if isempty(z)
+ zc=[];
+ zr=[];
+ else
+ zcp = cplxpair(z); % sort complex pairs, real roots at end
+ nz = length(z);
+ nzrsec = 0;
+ i=nz;
+ while i && abs(imag(zcp(i)))<thresh % determine no. of real values
+ zcp(i) = real(zcp(i));
+ nzrsec = nzrsec+1;
+ i=i-1;
+ end
+ nzsect2 = nz-nzrsec;
+ if mod(nzsect2,2)~=0
+ error('cplxreal: Odd number of complex values!');
+ end
+ nzsec = nzsect2/2;
+ zc = zcp(2:2:nzsect2);
+ zr = zcp(nzsect2+1:nz);
+ end
+endfunction
+
+%!test
+%! [zc,zr] = cplxreal(roots([1 0 0 1]));
+%! assert({zc,zr},{0.5+i*sin(pi/3),-1},10*eps);