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center

PURPOSE

% If @var{x} is a vector, subtract its mean.

SYNOPSIS

function retval = center (x, dim)

DESCRIPTION

% -*- texinfo -*-
% @deftypefn {Function File} {} center (@var{x})
% @deftypefnx {Function File} {} center (@var{x}, @var{dim})
% If @var{x} is a vector, subtract its mean.
% If @var{x} is a matrix, do the above for each column.
% If the optional argument @var{dim} is given, perform the above
% operation along this dimension
% @end deftypefn

CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION

This function calls:

This function is called by:

cov % Compute covariance.
std % If @var{x} is a vector, compute the standard deviation of the elements
var % For vector arguments, return the (real) variance of the values.