please explain this code mean? especially the 'm' and the 's'?

function z = frdescp(s)
%FRDESCP Computes Fourier descriptors.
%   Z = FRDESCP(S) computes the Fourier descriptors of S, which is an
%   np-by-2 sequence of image coordinates describing a boundary.  
%
%   Due to symmetry considerations when working with inverse Fourier
%   descriptors based on fewer than np terms, the number of points in
%   S when computing the descriptors must be even.  If the number of
%   points is odd, FRDESCP duplicates the end point and adds it at
%   the end of the sequence. If a different treatment is desired, the
%   sequence must be processed externally so that it has an even
%   number of points.
%
%   See function IFRDESCP for computing the inverse descriptors. 

%   Copyright 2002-2004 R. C. Gonzalez, R. E. Woods, & S. L. Eddins
%   Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB, Prentice-Hall, 2004
%   $Revision: 1.4 $  $Date: 2003/10/26 23:13:28 $

% Preliminaries
[np, nc] = size(s);
if nc ~= 2 
   error('S must be of size np-by-2.'); 
end

if np/2 ~= round(np/2);
   s(end + 1, :) = s(end, :);
   np = np + 1;
end

% Create an alternating sequence of 1s and -1s for use in centering
% the transform.
x = 0:(np - 1);
m = ((-1) .^ x)';

% Multiply the input sequence by alternating 1s and -1s to
% center the transform.
s(:, 1) = m .* s(:, 1);
s(:, 2) = m .* s(:, 2);
% Convert coordinates to complex numbers.
s = s(:, 1) + i*s(:, 2);
% Compute the descriptors.
z = fft(s);

Answer 1

[Thorsten]

Have you considered looking at the reference? R. C. Gonzalez, R. E. Woods, & S. L. Eddins Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB, Prentice-Hall, 2004

[@Lay_Wawan]

i will try looking for it. thank you.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Like it says "S, which is an np-by-2 sequence of image coordinates describing a boundary." - basically a list of (x,y) coordinates of the outline/boundary/perimeter of the shape you're analyzing.

"m is an alternating sequence of 1s and -1s for use in centering the transform." Not really sure why - I guess that's just the algorithm it uses.