function [g, badg] = numgrad2(fcn,f0,x,penalty,epsilon,varargin)

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right_derivative = 1;

h = epsilon;
n = length(x);
g = zeros(n,1);

badg = 0;

for i=1:n
    xiold = x(i);
    if right_derivative
        x(i) = x(i)+h;
        fh = penalty_objective_function(x, fcn, penalty, varargin{:});
        g0 = (fh-f0)/h;
    else
        x(i) = x(i)-h;
        fh = penalty_objective_function(x, fcn, penalty, varargin{:});
        g0 = (f0-fh)/h;
    end
    if abs(g0)< 1e15
        g(i) = g0;
    else
        g(i) = 0;
        badg = 1;
    end
    x(i) = xiold;
end
