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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>isempty</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 1998</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="isempty">check if a variable is an empty matrix or an empty list</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>t=isempty(x)  </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>x</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: vector or matrix or list</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>t</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: a boolean</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P><VERB>isempty(x)</VERB> returns true if x is an empty matrix or an
    empty list.</P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <EXAMPLE>
<![CDATA[
a=1
isempty(a(2:$))
isempty(find(rand(1:10)==5))
 ]]>
  </EXAMPLE>
</MAN>
