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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{tf} =} istril (@var{A})
## Return true if @var{A} is a lower triangular numeric matrix.
##
## A lower triangular matrix has nonzero entries only on the main diagonal and
## below.
## @seealso{istriu, isbanded, isdiag, tril, bandwidth}
## @end deftypefn

function tf = istril (A)

  if (nargin < 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  tf = (isnumeric (A) || islogical (A)) && ndims (A) == 2;
  if (tf)
    [i, j] = find (A);
    tf = all (i >= j);
  endif

endfunction


%!assert (! istril ("string"))
%!assert (istril ([]))
%!assert (! istril (zeros (2,2,2)))

%!assert (istril (1))
%!assert (! istril ([1, 1]))
%!assert (istril ([1; 1]))
%!assert (istril (eye (10)))
%!assert (istril (speye (100)))

%!assert (istril (tril (randn (10))))
%!assert (! istril (randn (10)))

## Test input validation
%!error <Invalid call> istril ()
