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+## Copyright (C) 1994-2012 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+## your option) any later version.
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+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{rgb} =} ind2rgb (@var{x}, @var{map})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{R}, @var{R}, @var{R}] =} ind2rgb (@var{x}, @var{map})
+## Convert an indexed image to red, green, and blue color components.
+## If the colormap doesn't contain enough colors, pad it with the
+## last color in the map.
+## If @var{map} is omitted, the current colormap is used for the conversion.
+## @seealso{rgb2ind, image, imshow, ind2gray, gray2ind}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Tony Richardson <arichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
+## Created: July 1994
+## Adapted-By: jwe
+
+function [R, G, B] = ind2rgb (x, map)
+
+ ## Do we have the right number of inputs?
+ if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ elseif (nargin == 1)
+ map = colormap ();
+ endif
+
+ ## Check if X is an indexed image.
+ if (ndims (x) != 2 || any (x(:) != fix (x(:))) || min (x(:)) < 1)
+ error ("ind2rgb: X must be an indexed image");
+ endif
+
+ ## Check the color map.
+ if (ndims (map) != 2 || columns (map) != 3)
+ error ("ind2rgb: MAP must be a valid colormap");
+ endif
+
+ ## Do we have enough colors in the color map?
+ maxidx = max (x(:));
+ rm = rows (map);
+ if (rm < maxidx)
+ ## Pad with the last color in the map.
+ pad = repmat (map(end,:), maxidx-rm, 1);
+ map(end+1:maxidx, :) = pad;
+ endif
+
+ ## Compute result
+ [hi, wi] = size (x);
+ R = reshape (map (x(:), 1), hi, wi);
+ G = reshape (map (x(:), 2), hi, wi);
+ B = reshape (map (x(:), 3), hi, wi);
+
+ ## Use 3D array if only one output is requested.
+ if (nargout <= 1)
+ R(:,:,3) = B;
+ R(:,:,2) = G;
+ endif
+endfunction