## Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Kai Habel
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{map} =} white ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{map} =} white (@var{n})
## Create color colormap.  This colormap is completely white.
## The argument @var{n} should be a scalar.  If it
## is omitted, the length of the current colormap or 64 is assumed.
## @seealso{colormap}
## @end deftypefn

## Author:  Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>

## PKG_ADD: colormap ("register", "white");
## PKG_DEL: colormap ("unregister", "white");

function map = white (n)

  if (nargin == 0)
    n = rows (colormap);
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    if (! isscalar (n))
      error ("white: N must be a scalar");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  map = ones (n, 3);

endfunction


%!demo
%! ## Show the 'white' colormap as an image
%! image (1:64, linspace (0, 1, 64), repmat ((1:64)', 1, 64));
%! axis ([1, 64, 0, 1], "ticy", "xy");
%! colormap (white (64));