## Copyright (C) 2011-2014 L. Markowsky <lmarkov@users.sourceforge.net>
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{y} =} is_string (@var{x})
##
## Return 1 if @var{x} is a character vector, and return 0 otherwise.
##
## is_string is a private function that localizes the test for valid Octave
## strings, which may need to be changed in the future. Octave 3.2.4 implements
## strings as character vectors. In subsequent versions of Octave, the internal
## implementation of strings may change, or a built-in Octave test 'isstring'
## may be implemented. 
##
## @end deftypefn

## Author:        L. Markowsky
## Keywords:      fuzzy-logic-toolkit fuzzy private parameter-test
## Directory:     fuzzy-logic-toolkit/inst/private/
## Filename:      is_string.m
## Last-Modified: 20 Aug 2012

function y = is_string (x)

  y = ischar (x) && isvector (x);

endfunction
