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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{h} = } drawRay (@var{ray})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} = } drawRay (@var{ray}, @var{param}, @var{value})
+%% Draw a ray on the current axis.
+%%
+%% With @var{ray} having the syntax: [x0 y0 dx dy], draws the ray starting from
+%% point (x0 y0) and going to direction (dx dy), clipped with the current
+%% window axis. @var{param}, @var{value} pairs are passed to function @code{line}.
+%%
+%% @seealso{rays2d, drawLine, line}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function varargout = drawRay(ray, varargin)
+
+ % get bounding box limits
+ bb = axis(gca);
+
+ % compute clipped shapes
+ [clipped isInside] = clipRay(ray, bb);
+
+ % allocate memory for handle
+ h = -ones(size(ray, 1), 1);
+
+ % draw visible rays
+ h(isInside) = drawEdge(clipped(isInside, :), varargin{:});
+
+ % process output
+ if nargout>0
+ varargout = {h};
+ end
+
+endfunction
+