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% @deftypefn {Function File} mad (@var{x})
% @deftypefnx{Function File} mad (@var{x}, @var{flag})
% @deftypefnx{Function File} mad (@var{x}, @var{flag}, @var{dim})
% Compute the mean/median absolute deviation of @var{x}.
%
% The mean absolute deviation is computed as
%
% @example
% mean (abs (@var{x} - mean (@var{x})))
% @end example
%
% and the median absolute deviation is computed as
%
% @example
% median (abs (@var{x} - median (@var{x})))
% @end example
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% Elements of @var{x} containing NaN or NA values are ignored during computations.
%
% If @var{flag} is 0, the absolute mean deviation is computed, and if @var{flag}
% is 1, the absolute median deviation is computed. By default @var{flag} is 0.
%
% This is done along the dimension @var{dim} of @var{x}. If this variable is not
% given, the mean/median absolute deviation s computed along the smallest dimension of
% @var{x}.
%
% @seealso{std}
% @end deftypefn