normalize.m

function y=normalize(x)
%NORMALIZE   Normalizes data series.
%   Y=NORMALIZE(X) normalizes the matrix X to zero-mean and
%   standard deviation one (Y=(X-mean(X))/std(X)).

% Copyright (c) 2008-2009
% Norbert Marwan, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
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% Norbert Marwan, Potsdam University, Germany
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% $Log$
% Revision 2.1  2004/11/10 07:07:51  marwan
% initial import
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error(nargchk(1,1,nargin));
if nargout>1, error('Too many output arguments'), end
if min(size(x))==1
    y=(x-mean(x))/std(x);
else

  for i=1:size(x,2);
    y(:,i)=(x(:,i)-mean(x(:,i)))/std(x(:,i));
  end

end