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+## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 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
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+## any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+## Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+## 02110-1301, USA.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} meshdom (@var{x}, @var{y})
+## This function has been deprecated.  Use @code{meshgrid} instead.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: jwe
+
+function [xx, yy] = meshdom (x, y)
+
+  if (nargin == 2)
+    if (isvector (x) && isvector (y))
+      xx = ones (length (y), 1) * x(:).';
+      yy = flipud (y(:)) * ones (1, length (x));
+    else
+      error ("meshdom: arguments must be vectors");
+    endif
+  else
+    print_usage ();
+  endif
+
+endfunction