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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {} isstr (@var{x})
## This function is obsolete.  Use @code{ischar} instead.
## @seealso{ischar}
## @end deftypefn

## At one time, Matlab docs stated that this function is obsolete and would be
## removed in some future version.  Now users are told that it should be
## avoided, but there is no mention of possible future removal.

function retval = isstr (varargin)

  persistent warned = false;
  if (! warned)
    warned = true;
    warning ("Octave:legacy-function",
             "isstr is obsolete; please use ischar instead");
  endif

  retval = ischar (varargin{:});

endfunction
