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+%% Copyright (c) 2011, INRA
+%% 2003-2011, David Legland <david.legland@grignon.inra.fr>
+%% 2011 Adapted to Octave by Juan Pablo Carbajal <carbajal@ifi.uzh.ch>
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+
+%% -*- texinfo -*-
+%% @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{r} = } drawRect (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{w}, @var{h})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{r} = } drawRect (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{w}, @var{h}, @var{theta})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{r} = } drawRect (@var{coord})
+%% Draw rectangle on the current axis.
+%%
+%% r = DRAWRECT(x, y, w, h) draw rectangle with width W and height H, at
+%% position (X, Y).
+%% the four corners of rectangle are then :
+%% (X, Y), (X+W, Y), (X, Y+H), (X+W, Y+H).
+%%
+%% r = DRAWRECT(x, y, w, h, theta) also specifies orientation for
+%% rectangle. Theta is given in degrees.
+%%
+%% r = DRAWRECT(coord) is the same as DRAWRECT(X,Y,W,H), but all
+%% parameters are packed into one array, whose dimensions is 4*1 or 5*1.
+%%
+%%
+%% @seealso{drawBox, drawOrientedBox}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function varargout = drawRect(varargin)
+
+ % default values
+ theta = 0;
+
+ % get entered values
+ if length(varargin) > 3
+ x = varargin{1};
+ y = varargin{2};
+ w = varargin{3};
+ h = varargin{4};
+ if length(varargin)> 4
+ theta = varargin{5} * pi / 180;
+ end
+
+ else
+ coord = varargin{1};
+ x = coord(1);
+ y = coord(2);
+ w = coord(3);
+ h = coord(4);
+ if length(coord) > 4
+ theta = coord(5) * pi / 180;
+ end
+ end
+
+ r = zeros(size(x));
+ for i = 1:length(x)
+ tx = zeros(5, 1);
+ ty = zeros(5, 1);
+ tx(1) = x(i);
+ ty(1) = y(i);
+ tx(2) = x(i) + w(i) * cos(theta(i));
+ ty(2) = y(i) + w(i) * sin(theta(i));
+ tx(3) = x(i) + w(i) * cos(theta(i)) - h(i) * sin(theta(i));
+ ty(3) = y(i) + w(i) * sin(theta(i)) + h(i) * cos(theta(i));
+ tx(4) = x(i) - h(i) * sin(theta(i));
+ ty(4) = y(i) + h(i) * cos(theta(i));
+ tx(5) = x(i);
+ ty(5) = y(i);
+
+ r(i) = line(tx, ty);
+ end
+
+ if nargout > 0
+ varargout{1} = r;
+ end
+
+endfunction
+