function symbols = skip(symbols_raw)
% Function that removes 'SS' symbols from the symbolic
% represenatation of the time series
%               22. feb 2006, Henrik Manum
n = 1; symbols{1} = [];
for i = 1:length(symbols_raw)
    if (symbols_raw{i}(1) == 'S')&(symbols_raw{i}(2) == 'S')
    else
        symbols{n} = symbols_raw{i};
        n = n + 1;
    end
end
return
