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##               Kurt Hornik
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{t}, @var{l_x}] =} table (@var{x})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{t}, @var{l_x}, @var{l_y}] =} table (@var{x}, @var{y})
## Create a contingency table @var{t} from data vectors.  The @var{l}
## vectors are the corresponding levels.
##
## Currently, only 1- and 2-dimensional tables are supported.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: Cross tabulation

function [t, v, w] = table (x, y)

  if (nargin == 1)
    if (! (isvector (x)))
      error ("table: x must be a vector");
    endif
    v = values (x);
    for i = 1 : length (v)
      t(i) = sum (x == v(i) | isnan (v(i)) * isnan (x));
    endfor
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    if (! (isvector (x) && isvector (y) && (length (x) == length (y))))
      error ("table: x and y must be vectors of the same length");
    endif
    v = values (x);
    w = values (y);
    for i = 1 : length (v)
      for j = 1 : length (w)
        t(i,j) = sum ((x == v(i) | isnan (v(i)) * isnan (x)) &
                      (y == w(j) | isnan (w(j)) * isnan (y)));
      endfor
    endfor
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction