function s=eofsym(E,tol)
% EOFSYM - check symmetry of EOFs. 
% Syntax: s=eofsym(E); s=eofsym(E,tol); s=eofsym(E,'1 or 0'); 
%
% Given a matrix of EOFs E, eofsym returns a vector
% s containing the symmetry of the EOF.
%
% If the i-th EOF is symmetric,  s(i)=1, 
% if anti-symmetric,             s(i)=0. 
% if neither sym. or anti-sym., s(i)=-1. 
%
% s(i)=-1 is only possible if a non-Toeplitz (BK type)
% covariance matrix was used, or if the tolerance 'tol'
% is not set high enough. 'tol' is set to tol=10^4*eps 
% by default, or it can be specified as the second argument.
%
% If 'tol' is set to the string '1 or 0' or ('0 or 1') the 
% output will be forced to give only ones and zeros. EOFSYM 
% will decide whether the EOFs are symmetric or anti-symmetric
% based on which assumption gives the lowest rms error.
%
% Written by Eric Breitenberger.      Version 5/24/96
% Please send comments and suggestions to eric@gi.alaska.edu       
%

if nargin==1
  tol=10^4*eps; % Can be adjusted if necessary
end
[M,K]=size(E);
s=zeros(1,K);

if ~isstr(tol)
  for k=1:K
    % Pick off left and right halves of EOF:
    if rem(M,2)==0
      L=E(1:M/2,k); R=E(M:-1:M/2+1,k);
    else
      L=E(1:(M-1)/2,k); R=E(M:-1:(M+1)/2+1,k);
    end
  
    if max(abs(L-R))<tol
      s(k)=1;
    elseif max(abs(L+R))<tol
      s(k)=0;
    else 
      s(k)=-1;
%      disp(['Warning: EOF ' num2str(k) ' is neither symmetric or antisymmetric.'])
    end
  end
elseif strcmp(tol,'1 or 0') | strcmp(tol,'0 or 1')
  Esym=sum(sqrt((E(M:-1:1,:)-E).^2));
  Easym=sum(sqrt((-E(M:-1:1,:)-E).^2));
  s=(sign(Easym-Esym)+1)/2;
  ties=find(s==1/2); % Resolve any ties by calling these symmetric
  s(ties)=ones(1,length(ties));
else
  error('EOFSYM: Improper specification of tolerance.')
end