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+## Copyright (C) 1996-2012 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} surfc (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z})
+## Plot a surface and contour given matrices @var{x}, and @var{y} from
+## @code{meshgrid} and a matrix @var{z} corresponding to the @var{x} and
+## @var{y} coordinates of the mesh. If @var{x} and @var{y} are vectors,
+## then a typical vertex is (@var{x}(j), @var{y}(i), @var{z}(i,j)). Thus,
+## columns of @var{z} correspond to different @var{x} values and rows of
+## @var{z} correspond to different @var{y} values.
+## @seealso{meshgrid, surf, contour}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function h = surfc (varargin)
+
+ newplot ();
+
+ tmp = surface (varargin{:});
+
+ ax = get (tmp, "parent");
+
+ set (tmp, "facecolor", "flat");
+
+ if (! ishold ())
+ set (ax, "view", [-37.5, 30],
+ "xgrid", "on", "ygrid", "on", "zgrid", "on");
+ endif
+
+ drawnow ();
+ zmin = get (ax, "zlim")(1);
+
+ # don't pass axis handle and/or string arguments to __contour__()
+ stop_idx = nargin;
+ for i = 2 : nargin
+ if (ischar (varargin{i}))
+ stop_idx = i - 1;
+ break;
+ endif
+ endfor
+
+ start_idx = 1;
+ if (ishandle (varargin{1}))
+ start_idx = 2;
+ endif
+
+ if (stop_idx - start_idx == 1 || stop_idx - start_idx == 3)
+ #don't pass a color matrix c to __contour__
+ stop_idx -= 1;
+ endif
+
+ [c, tmp2] = __contour__ (ax, zmin, varargin{start_idx:stop_idx});
+
+ tmp = [tmp; tmp2];
+
+ if (nargout > 0)
+ h = tmp;
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! [~,~,Z]=peaks;
+%! surfc(Z);
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! [~,~,Z]=sombrero;
+%! [Fx,Fy] = gradient(Z);
+%! surfc(Z,Fx+Fy);
+%! shading interp;
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! [X,Y,Z]=sombrero;
+%! [~,Fy] = gradient(Z);
+%! surfc(X,Y,Z,Fy);
+%! shading interp;