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+% Used to check if the script is running in Octave or MATLAB
+%
+% Logic is from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2246579/how-do-i-detect-if-im-running-matlab-or-octave
+%
+% @return val True if the current script is running inside Octave, false if MATLAB
+function [val] = is_octave()
+  val = exist('OCTAVE_VERSION', 'builtin') ~= 0;
+end