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+## Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Michel D. Schmid
+##
+## 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
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+## your option) any later version.
+##
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+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} stem (@var{x})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} stem (@var{x}, @var{y})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} stem (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{linespec})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} stem (@dots{}, "filled")
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} stem (@dots{})
+## Plot a stem graph from two vectors of x-y data. If only one argument
+## is given, it is taken as the y-values and the x coordinates are taken
+## from the indices of the elements.
+##
+## If @var{y} is a matrix, then each column of the matrix is plotted as
+## a separate stem graph. In this case @var{x} can either be a vector,
+## the same length as the number of rows in @var{y}, or it can be a
+## matrix of the same size as @var{y}.
+##
+## The default color is @code{"b"} (blue). The default line style is
+## @code{"-"} and the default marker is @code{"o"}. The line style can
+## be altered by the @code{linespec} argument in the same manner as the
+## @code{plot} command. For example,
+##
+## @example
+## @group
+## x = 1:10;
+## y = 2*x;
+## stem (x, y, "r");
+## @end group
+## @end example
+##
+## @noindent
+## plots 10 stems with heights from 2 to 20 in red;
+##
+## The optional return value @var{h} is a vector of "stem series" graphics
+## handles with one handle per column of the variable @var{y}. The
+## handle regroups the elements of the stem graph together as the
+## children of the "stem series" handle, allowing them to be altered
+## together. For example,
+##
+## @example
+## @group
+## x = [0:10]';
+## y = [sin(x), cos(x)]
+## h = stem (x, y);
+## set (h(2), "color", "g");
+## set (h(1), "basevalue", -1)
+## @end group
+## @end example
+##
+## @noindent
+## changes the color of the second "stem series" and moves the base line
+## of the first.
+## @seealso{bar, barh, plot}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Michel D. Schmid <michaelschmid@users.sourceforge.net>
+## Adapted-by: jwe
+
+function h = stem (varargin)
+
+ if (nargin < 1)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ tmp = __stem__ (false, varargin{:});
+
+ if (nargout > 0)
+ h = tmp;
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! x = 1:10;
+%! stem (x);
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! x = 1:10;
+%! y = 2*x;
+%! stem (x, y);
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! x = 1:10;
+%! y = 2*x;
+%! h = stem (x, y, "r");
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! x = 1:10;
+%! y = 2*x;
+%! h = stem (x, y, "-.k");
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! x = 1:10;
+%! y = 2*x;
+%! h = stem (x, y, "-.k.");
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! x = 1:10;
+%! y = 2*x;
+%! h = stem (x, y, "filled");
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! x = [0 : 10]';
+%! y = [sin(x), cos(x)];
+%! h = stem (x, y);
+%! set (h(2), "color", "g");
+%! set (h(1), "basevalue", -1)
+