function [dat] = read_16bit(filename, offset, numwords)

% READ_16BIT read a stream of 16 bit values and converts them to doubles
% This function is designed for EDF files and is implemented as mex
% file for efficiency.
%
% Use as
%   [dat] = read_16bit(filename, offset, numwords);
%
% See also READ_24BIT, READ_EDF

% Copyright (C) 2006, Robert Oostenveld
% F.C. Donders Ccentre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
% http://oase.uci.ru.nl/~roberto/
%
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% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
% (at your option) any later version.
%
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% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
% GNU General Public License for more details.
%
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% $Log: read_16bit.m,v $
% Revision 1.1  2006/02/01 08:34:10  roboos
% wrappers as placeholder for the help, the functionality is implemented as mex file
%

error('this function is implemented as mex file and is not available for this platform');