Difference between the Matlab and LabVIEW Hann (Hanning) functions

Hi All,

I'm hoping someone out there can satisfy my curiosity. I have been porting over some code from Matlab to LabVIEW and came accross a difference in the two implementations of the Hann function. Essentially:

LabVIEW has array length = n

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361J-01/lvanls/hanning_window/

Matlab has array length -1 = N.

http://www.mathworks.co.uk/help/signal/ref/hann.html

(where n= N in the two implementations)

As I'm not very clued up on signal processing I was hoping someone could explain why there is a difference in implementation and why array length was chosen for the LabVIEW implementation. According to wolfram the parameter a is full width at half maximum:

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HanningFunction.html

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FullWidthatHalfMaximum.html

Is the difference just due to the interpretation of what this value should be?

I've attached a modified version of the window comparison example to illustrate the diference.

Thanks,