isodd: a pedestrian parity checker

ISODD returns TRUE for integers of any numeric MATLAB class that are not evenly divisible by 2

Description

ISODD returns TRUE for members (N) of a numeric array, which
- are within the range of ±bitmax
- are integers such that N == fix(N)
- are integers not evenly divisible by 2

Unlike the typical computational approach using REM/MOD,
ISODD produces a not-valid flag for numbers, which are
1) not an integer
2) larger than the maximum possible double precision
   integer representation (±bitmax)
and does never return their parity as being odd

REM/MOD, on the other hand, do not complain if an input
is not a valid candidate for being even or odd at all
and, therefore, are NOT reliable parity checkers

see
> help isodd
for usage and a brief example for this small utility

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)
• Other requirements: works with any MATLAB versions that knows about the BIT-function family

[Matt Fig]

Finally, a standard file which can be referenced for the perennial NG question! Well done. Thanks Urs.

[Ulf Carlberg]

I uploaded a similar function, but with only one input and one output. An error is raised if input is wrong. It depends on the application what is most useful i guess. (My function also had a few bugs first, but I hope it is sorted out now. The updated version should appear soon.)

[Ulf Carlberg]

I found a bug:
>> x=int8(-128)
x =
 -128
>> isodd(x)
ans =
     1
because abs() will round the result to fit in int8, so abs(x)=127. Same for all "weird numbers" in two complement form intN(-2^(N-1)).

[Ulf Carlberg]

Another thing that confuses me:
>> [a,b]=isodd(1:5)
a =
     1 0 1 0 1
b =
     1 0 1 0 1
Shouldn't "b" be all ones in this case?