function lp = lagrange_2 ( xi, fi )

%LAGRANGE determine the Lagrange form of the interpolating

polynomial
% associated with a given set of interpolating points and
% function values
%
% calling sequences:
% lp = lagrange_2 ( xi, fi )
% lagrange ( xi, fi )
%
% inputs:
% xi vector containing the interpolating points
% fi vector containing function values
% the i-th entry in this vector is the function
% value associated with the i-th entry in the 'xi'
% vector
%
% output:
% lp vector containing coefficients of the Lagrange
% form of the interpolating polynomial associated
with
% the given set of interpolating points and
function
% values
%
% NOTE:
% to evaluate the Lagrange form, apply the MATLAB function
% 'polyval' to the output from this routine
%

n = length ( xi );
m = length ( fi );

if ( n ~= m )
disp ( 'lagrange error: number of ordinates and number of function
values must be equal' )
return
end