function total = countzeroes(k)

% k is a 1xn row containing, possibly, some zeroes.  This function returns the number of
% zeroes in the row

% counts zeros in row k
% Created by Jim Work, University of South Carolina, August 13, 2003


count =0;
n = size(k,2);
n

for i = 1:n
   if k(i) == 0
      count = count +1;
   end
end

total = count;