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+%% 2004-2011, 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{h} = } drawPoint (@var{x}, @var{y})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} = } drawPoint (@var{coord})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} = } drawPoint (@dots{}, @var{opt})
+%% Draw the point on the axis.
+%
+% Draws points defined by coordinates @var{x} and @var{y}Y.
+% @var{x} and @var{y} should be array the same size. Coordinates can be
+% packed coordinates in a single [N*2] array @var{coord}. Options @var{opt}
+% are passed to the @code{plot} function.
+%
+% @seealso{points2d, clipPoints}
+%
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function varargout = drawPoint(varargin)
+
+ % process input arguments
+ var = varargin{1};
+ if size(var, 2)==1
+ % points stored in separate arrays
+ px = varargin{1};
+ py = varargin{2};
+ varargin(1:2) = [];
+ else
+ % points packed in one array
+ px = var(:, 1);
+ py = var(:, 2);
+ varargin(1) = [];
+ end
+
+ % ensure we have column vectors
+ px = px(:);
+ py = py(:);
+
+ % default drawing options, but keep specified options if it has the form of
+ % a bundled string
+ if length(varargin)~=1
+ varargin = [{'linestyle', 'none', 'marker', 'o', 'color', 'b'}, varargin];
+ end
+
+ % plot the points, using specified drawing options
+ h = plot(px(:), py(:), varargin{:});
+
+ % process output arguments
+ if nargout>0
+ varargout{1}=h;
+ end
+
+endfunction
+
+%!demo
+%! drawPoint(10, 10);
+
+%!demo
+%! t = linspace(0, 2*pi, 20)';
+%! drawPoint([5*cos(t)+10 3*sin(t)+10], 'r+');
+