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+## Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Paul Kienzle
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} fplot (@var{fn}, @var{limits})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} fplot (@var{fn}, @var{limits}, @var{tol})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} fplot (@var{fn}, @var{limits}, @var{n})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} fplot (@dots{}, @var{fmt})
+## Plot a function @var{fn} within defined limits.
+## @var{fn} is a function handle, inline function, or string
+## containing the name of the function to evaluate.
+## The limits of the plot are given by @var{limits} of the form
+## @code{[@var{xlo}, @var{xhi}]} or @code{[@var{xlo}, @var{xhi},
+## @var{ylo}, @var{yhi}]}. @var{tol} is the default tolerance to use for the
+## plot, and if @var{tol} is an integer it is assumed that it defines the
+## number points to use in the plot. The @var{fmt} argument is passed
+## to the plot command.
+##
+## @example
+## @group
+## fplot ("cos", [0, 2*pi])
+## fplot ("[cos(x), sin(x)]", [0, 2*pi])
+## @end group
+## @end example
+## @seealso{plot}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle@users.sf.net>
+
+function fplot (fn, limits, n, fmt)
+ if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 4)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (!isreal (limits) || (numel (limits) != 2 && numel (limits) != 4))
+ error ("fplot: second input argument must be a real vector with 2 or 4 elements");
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin < 3)
+ n = 0.002;
+ endif
+
+ have_linespec = true;
+ if (nargin < 4)
+ have_linespec = false;
+ endif
+
+ if (ischar (n))
+ have_linespec = true;
+ fmt = n;
+ n = 0.002;
+ endif
+
+ if (strcmp (typeinfo (fn), "inline function"))
+ fn = vectorize (fn);
+ nam = formula (fn);
+ elseif (isa (fn, "function_handle"))
+ nam = func2str (fn);
+ elseif (all (isalnum (fn)))
+ nam = fn;
+ elseif (ischar (fn))
+ fn = vectorize (inline (fn));
+ nam = formula (fn);
+ else
+ error ("fplot: first input argument must be a function handle, inline function or string");
+ endif
+
+ if (floor(n) != n)
+ tol = n;
+ x0 = linspace (limits(1), limits(2), 5)';
+ y0 = feval (fn, x0);
+ err0 = Inf;
+ n = 8;
+ x = linspace (limits(1), limits(2), n)';
+ y = feval (fn, x);
+
+ while (n < 2 .^ 20)
+ y00 = interp1 (x0, y0, x, "linear");
+ err = 0.5 * max (abs ((y00 - y) ./ (y00 + y))(:));
+ if (err == err0 || 0.5 * max (abs ((y00 - y) ./ (y00 + y))(:)) < tol)
+ break;
+ endif
+ x0 = x;
+ y0 = y;
+ err0 = err;
+ n = 2 * (n - 1) + 1;
+ x = linspace (limits(1), limits(2), n)';
+ y = feval (fn, x);
+ endwhile
+ else
+ x = linspace (limits(1), limits(2), n)';
+ y = feval (fn, x);
+ endif
+
+ if (have_linespec)
+ plot (x, y, fmt);
+ else
+ plot (x, y);
+ endif
+
+ if (length (limits) > 2)
+ axis (limits);
+ endif
+
+ if (isvector (y))
+ legend (nam);
+ else
+ for i = 1:columns (y)
+ nams{i} = sprintf ("%s(:,%i)", nam, i);
+ endfor
+ legend (nams{:});
+ endif
+endfunction
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! fplot ("cos", [0, 2*pi])
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! fplot ("[cos(x), sin(x)]", [0, 2*pi])