function number_odd = count_odd(low_bound, high_bound)
//
// Walk from the "low_bound" to the "high_bound" value.
// For every value in between, check to see if it is odd.
//   If it is odd, 
//       print it out 
//       increment a counter
//   If not
//       do nothing
//
// MWR 3/17/2007

  // initialize the variable which keeps track of the number
  //    of odd values we have seen 
  count = 0;

  // loop over all the values between the two arguments
  //    given by the user -- include both bounds
  for i = low_bound : high_bound

    remainder = modulo(i, 2);
    if (remainder == 0)
      // it was even -- do nothing
    else
      // it was odd
      mprintf(' %d \n', i);
      count = count + 1;
    end


  end

  // assign to the output of this function the number of
  //    odd values we counted
  number_odd = count;

endfunction