% PURPOSE: to be used in channel operation only (ALPHA VERSION)
%
% FORMAT (in channel operation)
%
% deletechan(ch)
%
% INPUT
%
% ch    - channel index(ices) to be deleted
%
%
% *** This function is part of ERPLAB Toolbox ***
% Author: Javier Lopez-Calderon
% Center for Mind and Brain
% University of California, Davis,
% Davis, CA
% 2009

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% ERPLAB Toolbox
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% Created by Javier Lopez-Calderon and Steven Luck
% Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis,
% javlopez@ucdavis.edu, sjluck@ucdavis.edu
%
% This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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function  [ERP cherror] = delerpchan(ERP, chin)

cherror = 0;

if nargin<1
    help avgchan
    return
end
if ~iserpstruct(ERP)
    error('ERPLAB says: delerpchan() only works with ERP structure.')
end
if ischar(chin)
    chin = str2num(char(regexp(chin,'\d+','match')'))';
end
if size(chin,1)>1
    error('ERPLAB says: error, delerpchan works with row-array inputs')
end
chanarray = unique_bc2(chin);

if length(chanarray)~=length(chin)
    fprintf('\n*** WARNING: Repeated channels were ignored.\n\n')
end
nchan = ERP.nchan;
if max(chanarray)>nchan
    error('ERPLAB says: error at delerpchan. Some specified channels do not exist!')
end
ERP.bindata(chanarray,:,:)=[];
if ~isempty(ERP.binerror)%%GH Mar 2024
    ERP.binerror(chanarray,:,:)=[];
end
ERP.nchan = size(ERP.bindata, 1);
if isfield(ERP.chanlocs, 'labels')
    if ~isempty([ERP.chanlocs.labels])
        labaux = {ERP.chanlocs.labels};
        [labaux{chanarray}] = deal([]);
        indxl    = ~cellfun(@isempty, labaux);
        labelout = labaux(indxl);
        ERP.chanlocs = [];
        [ERP.chanlocs(1:ERP.nchan).labels] = labelout{:};
    end
end
