% COPY makes a (deep) copy of the input TIMESPAN objects.
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% DESCRIPTION: COPY makes a deep copy of the input TIMESPAN objects.
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% CALL:        b = copy(a, flag)
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% INPUTS:      a    - input timespan object
%              flag - 1: make a deep copy, 0: return copies of handles
%
% OUTPUTS:     b - copy of inputs
%
% This is a transparent function and adds no history.
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% VERSION:     $Id: copy.m,v 1.15 2010/07/30 13:42:16 nicolodi Exp $
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function varargout = copy(old, deepcopy)
  
  if deepcopy
    % Loop over input timespan objects
    new = timespan.newarray(size(old));
    obj = copy@ltpda_uoh(new, old, 1);
    
    for kk=1:numel(old)
      obj(kk).startT = copy(old(kk).startT, 1);
      obj(kk).endT   = copy(old(kk).endT, 1);
    end
  else
    obj = old;
  end
  
  varargout{1} = obj;
end

