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## O B S O L E T E: use ss instead.
## function Asys = packsys(a,b,c[,d,dflg])
##
##   dflg: 0 for continuous time system, 1 for discrete-time system.
##
## defaults:
##      D: 0 matrix of appropriate dimension.
##   dflg: 0 (continuous time)
##
## Note: discrete-state sampling time is not included!

## Author: R. Bruce Tenison <btenison@eng.auburn.edu>
## Created: July 29, 1994
## Modified by David Clem November 13, 1994
## Modified by A. S. Hodel April 1995

function Asys = packsys (a, b, c, d, dflg)

  warning("packsys is obsolete!  Use ss instead.");

  if (nargin < 3 || nargin > 5)
    disp ("packsys: Invalid number of arguments");
  endif

  ## check dflg
  if (nargin == 5)
    if (! isscalar (dflg))
      [m, n] = size(dflg);
      error ("packsys: dflg (%d,%d) must be a scalar", m, n);
    elseif (dflg != 0 && dflg != 1)
      error ("packsys: dflg=%g must be 0 or 1", dflg);
    endif
  else
    ## default condition
    dflg = 0;
  endif

  if (nargin == 3)
    ## No D matrix.  Form a zero one!
    [brows, bcols] = size (b);
    [crows, ccols] = size (c);
    d = zeros (crows, bcols);
  endif

  [n, m, p] = abcddim (a, b, c, d);
  if (n == -1 || m == -1 || p == -1)
    error ("packsys: incompatible dimensions")
  endif

  Asys = ss (a, b, c, d, dflg);

endfunction
