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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ezsurf (@var{f})
21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} ezsurf (@var{fx}, @var{fy}, @var{fz})
22 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} ezsurf (@dots{}, @var{dom})
23 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} ezsurf (@dots{}, @var{n})
24 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} ezsurf (@dots{}, 'circ')
25 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} ezsurf (@var{h}, @dots{})
26 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} ezsurf (@dots{})
28 ## Plot the surface defined by a function. @var{f} is a string, inline
29 ## function or function handle with two arguments defining the function. By
30 ## default the plot is over the domain @code{-2*pi < @var{x} < 2*pi} and
31 ## @code{-2*pi < @var{y} < 2*pi} with 60 points in each dimension.
33 ## If @var{dom} is a two element vector, it represents the minimum and maximum
34 ## value of both @var{x} and @var{y}. If @var{dom} is a four element vector,
35 ## then the minimum and maximum value of @var{x} and @var{y} are specify
38 ## @var{n} is a scalar defining the number of points to use in each dimension.
40 ## If three functions are passed, then plot the parametrically defined
41 ## function @code{[@var{fx} (@var{s}, @var{t}), @var{fy} (@var{s}, @var{t}),
42 ## @var{fz} (@var{s}, @var{t})]}.
44 ## If the argument 'circ' is given, then the function is plotted over a disk
45 ## centered on the middle of the domain @var{dom}.
47 ## The optional return value @var{h} is a graphics handle to the created
52 ## f = @@(x,y) sqrt (abs (x .* y)) ./ (1 + x.^2 + y.^2);
53 ## ezsurf (f, [-3, 3]);
57 ## An example of a parametrically defined function is
61 ## fx = @@(s,t) cos (s) .* cos (t);
62 ## fy = @@(s,t) sin (s) .* cos (t);
63 ## fz = @@(s,t) sin (t);
64 ## ezsurf (fx, fy, fz, [-pi, pi, -pi/2, pi/2], 20);
68 ## @seealso{ezplot, ezmesh, ezsurfc, ezmeshc}
71 function retval = ezsurf (varargin)
73 [h, needusage] = __ezplot__ ("surf", varargin{:});
87 %! f = @(x,y) sqrt(abs(x .* y)) ./ (1 + x.^2 + y.^2);
88 %! ezsurf (f, [-3, 3]);
92 %! fx = @(s,t) cos (s) .* cos(t);
93 %! fy = @(s,t) sin (s) .* cos(t);
94 %! fz = @(s,t) sin (t);
95 %! ezsurf (fx, fy, fz, [-pi,pi,-pi/2,pi/2], 20);