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function c = conv(a, b) %CONV Convolution and polynomial multiplication. % C = CONV(A, B) convolves vectors A and B. The resulting % vector is length LENGTH(A)+LENGTH(B)-1. % If A and B are vectors of polynomial coefficients, convolving % them is equivalent to multiplying the two polynomials. % % Class support for inputs A,B: % float: double, single % % See also DECONV, CONV2, CONVN, FILTER and, in the Signal % Processing Toolbox, XCORR, CONVMTX. % % Copyright 1984-2004 The MathWorks, Inc. $Revision: 5.16.4.2 $ $Date: 2004/03/09 16:16:08 $

na = length(a); nb = length(b); if na ~= numel(a) || nb ~= numel(b) error( 'MATLAB:conv:AorBNotVector' , 'A and B must be vectors.' ); end % Convolution, polynomial multiplication, and FIR digital % filtering are all the same operations. Since FILTER % is a fast built-in primitive, we'll use it for CONV. % CONV(A,B) is the same as CONV(B,A), but we can make it go % substantially faster if we swap arguments to make the first % argument to filter the shorter of the two. if na > nb if nb > 1 a(na+nb-1) = 0; end c = filter(b, 1, a); else if na > 1 b(na+nb-1) = 0; end c = filter(a, 1, b); end