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+%% Copyright (c) 2011, INRA
+%% 2005-2011, 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} = } drawPolygon (@var{coord})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} = } drawPolygon (@var{px}, @var{py})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} = } drawPolygon (@var{polys})
+%% Draw a polygon specified by a list of points.
+%%
+%% drawPolygon(COORD);
+%% Packs coordinates in a single [N*2] array.
+%%
+%% drawPolygon(PX, PY);
+%% Specifies coordinates in separate arrays.
+%%
+%% drawPolygon(POLYS)
+%% Packs coordinate of several polygons in a cell array. Each element of
+%% the array is a Ni*2 double array.
+%%
+%% H = drawPolygon(...);
+%% Also return a handle to the list of line objects.
+%%
+%%
+%% @seealso{polygons2d, drawCurve}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function varargout = drawPolygon(varargin)
+
+ % check input
+ if isempty(varargin)
+ error('need to specify a polygon');
+ end
+
+ var = varargin{1};
+
+ %% Manage cell arrays of polygons
+
+ % case of a set of polygons stored in a cell array
+ if iscell(var)
+ N = length(var);
+ h = zeros(N, 1);
+ for i = 1:N
+ state = ishold(gca);
+ hold on;
+ % check for empty polygons
+ if ~isempty(var{i})
+ h(i) = drawPolygon(var{i}, varargin{2:end});
+ end
+ if ~state
+ hold off
+ end
+ end
+
+ if nargout > 0
+ varargout = {h};
+ end
+
+ return;
+ end
+
+
+ %% Parse coordinates and options
+
+ % Extract coordinates of polygon vertices
+ if size(var, 2) > 1
+ % first argument is a polygon array
+ px = var(:, 1);
+ py = var(:, 2);
+ varargin(1) = [];
+ else
+ % arguments 1 and 2 correspond to x and y coordinate respectively
+ if length(varargin) < 2
+ error('Should specify either a N-by-2 array, or 2 N-by-1 vectors');
+ end
+
+ px = varargin{1};
+ py = varargin{2};
+ varargin(1:2) = [];
+ end
+
+ % set default line format
+ if isempty(varargin)
+ varargin = {'b-'};
+ end
+
+ % check case of polygons with holes
+ if sum(isnan(px(:))) > 0
+ polygons = splitPolygons([px py]);
+ h = drawPolygon(polygons);
+
+ if nargout > 0
+ varargout = {h};
+ end
+
+ return;
+ end
+
+
+ %% Draw the polygon
+
+ % ensure last point is the same as the first one
+ px(size(px, 1)+1, :) = px(1,:);
+ py(size(py, 1)+1, :) = py(1,:);
+
+ % draw the polygon outline
+ h = plot(px, py, varargin{:});
+
+ % format output arg
+ if nargout > 0
+ varargout = {h};
+ end
+
+endfunction
+