## Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## Author: jwe

function __plt2__ (x1, x2, fmt)

  if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3)
    usage ("__plt2__ (x1, x2, fmt)");
  endif

  if (nargin == 2)
    fmt = "";
  endif

  if (! isstr (fmt))
    error ("__plt2__: fmt must be a string");
  endif

  if (any (any (imag (x1))))
    x1 = real (x1);
  endif
  if (any (any (imag (x2))))
    x2 = real (x2);
  endif
  if (is_scalar (x1))
    if (is_scalar (x2))
      __plt2ss__ (x1, x2, fmt);
    endif
  elseif (is_vector (x1))
    if (is_vector (x2))
      __plt2vv__ (x1, x2, fmt);
    elseif (is_matrix (x2))
      __plt2vm__ (x1, x2, fmt);
    endif
  elseif (is_matrix (x1))
    if (is_vector (x2))
      __plt2mv__ (x1, x2, fmt);
    elseif (is_matrix (x2))
      __plt2mm__ (x1, x2, fmt);
    endif
  endif

endfunction