## Copyright (C) 2010-2016   Lukas F. Reichlin
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## Display routine for quaternions.  Used by Octave internally.

## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
## Created: May 2010
## Version: 0.2

function display (q)

  name = inputname (1);
  s = size (q);
  
  if (length (s) == 2 && all (s == 1))  # scalar quaternion
    w = num2str (q.w, 4);
    x = __num2str__ (q.x);
    y = __num2str__ (q.y);
    z = __num2str__ (q.z);
    disp ([name, " = ", w, x, "i" y, "j", z, "k"]);
  else                                  # non-scalar quaternion
    disp ([name, ".w ="]);
    disp (q.w);
    disp ("");
    disp ([name, ".x ="]);
    disp (q.x);
    disp ("");
    disp ([name, ".y ="]);
    disp (q.y);
    disp ("");
    disp ([name, ".z ="]);
    disp (q.z);
    disp ("");
  endif

endfunction


function str = __num2str__ (num)

  if (num < 0)
    str = " - ";
  else
    str = " + ";
  endif
  
  str = [str, num2str(abs (num), 4)];

endfunction
