## Copyright (C) 2006 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
## any later version.
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## 02110-1301, USA.

function __init_plot_vars__ (cmd, sep, clear_data)

  __plot_globals__

  if (nargin < 3)
    clear_data = true;
    if (nargin < 2)
      sep = "";
      if (nargin < 1)
	cmd = "";
      endif
    endif
  endif

  __plot_command__{__current_figure__}{__multiplot_xi__,__multiplot_yi__} = cmd;
  __plot_command_sep__ = sep;

  if (clear_data)
    __plot_data__{__current_figure__}{__multiplot_xi__,__multiplot_yi__} = [];
    __plot_data_offset__{__current_figure__}(__multiplot_xi__,__multiplot_yi__) = 1;
  endif

endfunction