## Copyright (C) 2004-2011 David Bateman
## Copyright (C) 2009 VZLU Prague
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} flipdim (@var{x})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} flipdim (@var{x}, @var{dim})
## Return a copy of @var{x} flipped about the dimension @var{dim}.
## @var{dim} defaults to the first non-singleton dimension.
## For example:
##
## @example
## @group
## flipdim ([1, 2; 3, 4], 2)
##      @result{}  2  1
##          4  3
## @end group
## @end example
## @seealso{fliplr, flipud, rot90, rotdim}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: David Bateman, Jaroslav Hajek

function y = flipdim (x, dim)

  if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  nd = ndims (x);
  if (nargin == 1)
    ## Find the first non-singleton dimension.
    [~, dim] = min (size (x) != 1);
  elseif (! (isscalar (dim) && isindex (dim)))
    error ("flipdim: DIM must be a positive integer");
  endif

  idx(1:max(nd, dim)) = {':'};
  idx{dim} = size (x, dim):-1:1;
  y = x(idx{:});

endfunction
