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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {} {@var{B} =} postpad (@var{A}, @var{l})
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{B} =} postpad (@var{A}, @var{l}, @var{c})
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{B} =} postpad (@var{A}, @var{l}, @var{c}, @var{dim})
## Append the scalar value @var{c} to the vector @var{A} until it is of length
## @var{l}.  If @var{c} is not given, a value of 0 is used.
##
## If @code{length (@var{A}) > @var{l}}, elements from the end of @var{A} are
## removed until a vector of length @var{l} is obtained.
##
## If @var{A} is a matrix, elements are appended or removed from each row.
##
## If the optional argument @var{dim} is given, operate along this dimension.
##
## If @var{dim} is larger than the dimensions of @var{A}, the result will have
## @var{dim} dimensions.
## @seealso{prepad, cat, resize}
## @end deftypefn

function B = postpad (A, l, c, dim)

  if (nargin < 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargin < 3 || isempty (c))
    c = 0;
  else
    if (! isscalar (c))
      error ("postpad: third argument must be empty or a scalar");
    endif
  endif

  nd = ndims (A);
  sz = size (A);
  if (nargin < 4)
    ## Find the first non-singleton dimension.
    (dim = find (sz > 1, 1)) || (dim = 1);
  else
    if (!(isscalar (dim) && dim == fix (dim) && dim >= 1))
      error ("postpad: DIM must be an integer and a valid dimension");
    endif
  endif

  if (! isscalar (l) || l < 0)
    error ("postpad: second argument must be a positive scaler");
  endif

  if (dim > nd)
    sz(nd+1:dim) = 1;
  endif

  d = sz(dim);

  if (d == l)
    ## This optimization makes sense because the function is used to match
    ## the length between two vectors not knowing a priori is larger, and
    ## allow for:
    ##    ml = max (numel (v1), numel (v2));
    ##    v1 = postpad (v1, ml);
    ##    v2 = postpad (v2, ml);
    B = A;
  elseif (d >= l)
    idx = repmat ({':'}, nd, 1);
    idx{dim} = 1:l;
    B = A(idx{:});
  else
    sz(dim) = l - d;
    B = cat (dim, A, c(ones (sz)));
  endif

endfunction


%!assert (postpad ([1,2], 4), [1,2,0,0])
%!assert (postpad ([1;2], 4), [1;2;0;0])
%!assert (postpad ([1,2], 4, 2), [1,2,2,2])
%!assert (postpad ([1;2], 4, 2), [1;2;2;2])
%!assert (postpad ([1,2], 2, 2, 1), [1,2;2,2])
%!assert (postpad ([1;2], 2, 2, 3), reshape ([1;2;2;2], 2, 1, 2))
%!assert (postpad ([1,2], 2, 2, 3), reshape ([1,2,2,2], 1, 2, 2))

%!assert (postpad ([1 2], 2), [1 2])
%!assert (postpad ([1; 2], 2), [1; 2])
%!assert (postpad ([1; 2], 2, 3, 2), [1 3; 2 3])

%! ## Test with string concatenation
%!assert <*44162> (postpad ("Octave", 16, "x"), "Octavexxxxxxxxxx")
%!assert (postpad ("Octave", 4), "Octa")

%!error <Invalid call> postpad ()
%!error <Invalid call> postpad (1)
