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## usage: contour (z, n, x, y)
##
## See also: plot, semilogx, semilogy, loglog, polar, mesh, contour,
##           bar, stairs, gplot, gsplot, replot, xlabel, ylabel, title

## Author: jwe

function contour (z, n, x, y)

  if (nargin == 1)
    n = 10;
  endif

  ## XXX FIXME XXX -- these plot states should really just be set
  ## temporarily, probably inside an unwind_protect block, but there is
  ## no way to determine their current values.

  if (nargin == 1 || nargin == 2)
    if (is_matrix (z))
      gset nosurface;
      gset contour;
      gset cntrparam bspline;
      if (is_scalar (n))
	command = sprintf ("gset cntrparam levels %d", n);
      elseif (is_vector (n))
	tmp = sprintf ("%f", n(1));
	for i = 2:length (n)
	  tmp = sprintf ("%s, %f", tmp, n(i));
	endfor
	command = sprintf ("gset cntrparam levels discrete %s", tmp);
      endif
      eval (command);
      gset noparametric;
      gset view 0, 0, 1, 1;
      gsplot z w l 1;
    else
      error ("contour: argument must be a matrix");
    endif
  elseif (nargin == 4)
    if (is_vector (x) && is_vector (y) && is_matrix (z))
      xlen = length (x);
      ylen = length (y);
      if (xlen == rows (z) && ylen == columns (z))
        if (rows (x) == 1)
          x = x';
        endif
        len = 3 * ylen;
        zz = zeros (xlen, len);
        k = 1;
        for i = 1:3:len
          zz(:,i)   = x;
          zz(:,i+1) = y(k) * ones (xlen, 1);
          zz(:,i+2) = z(:,k);
          k++;
        endfor
        gset nosurface;
        gset contour;
        gset cntrparam bspline;
	if (is_scalar (n))
          command = sprintf ("gset cntrparam levels %d", n);
	elseif (is_vector (n))
	  tmp = sprintf ("%f", n(1));
	  for i = 2:length (n)
	    tmp = sprintf ("%s, %f", tmp, n(i));
	  endfor
	  command = sprintf ("gset cntrparam levels discrete %s", tmp);
	endif
        eval (command);
	gset parametric;
        gset view 0, 0, 1, 1;
	gsplot zz w l 1;
      else
        msg = "contour: rows (z) must be the same as length (x) and";
        msg = sprintf ("%s\ncolumns (z) must be the same as length (y)", msg);
        error (msg);
      endif
    else
      error ("contour: x and y must be vectors and z must be a matrix");
    endif
  else
    usage ("contour (z, levels, x, y)");
  endif

endfunction
