general/basic/lincomb_sequence.m

function res = lincomb_sequence(seq,sigma)
%function res = lincomb_sequence(seq,sigma)
%
% function performing a linear combination of the elements in the
% cell array seq with coefficients in sigma result is a
% vector/matrix the same size as the entries of seq.
% if sigma = 0, the component is not touched, i.e. the component
% may also be an empty matrix. 

% Bernard Haasdonk 15.5.2007

Q = length(sigma);
res = seq{1}* sigma(1);
for q=2:Q
  if sigma(q)~=0
    res = res + sigma(q)*seq{q};
  end;
end;