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## Undocumented internal function.

## Author: jwe

function tmp = __bars__ (h, vertical, x, y, xb, yb, width, group, have_color_spec, base_value, varargin)

  ## Note, base_value is used by the Jhandles backend, which replaces
  ## this function with its own version.

  ycols = columns (y);
  clim = get (h, "clim");

  if (vertical)
    tmp = [];
    for i = 1:ycols
      if (! have_color_spec)
	if (ycols == 1)
	  lev = clim(1);
	else
	  lev = (i - 1) * (clim(2) - clim(1)) / (ycols - 1) - clim(1);
	endif
	tmp = [tmp; patch(xb(:,:,i), yb(:,:,i), "FaceColor", "flat", 
			  "cdata", lev, varargin{:})];
      else
	tmp = [tmp; patch(xb(:,:,i), yb(:,:,i), varargin{:})];
      endif
    endfor
  else
    tmp = [];
    for i = 1:ycols
      if (! have_color_spec)
	if (ycols == 1)
	  lev = clim(1)
	else
	  lev = (i - 1) * (clim(2) - clim(1)) / (ycols - 1) - clim(1);
	endif
	tmp = [tmp; patch(yb(:,:,i), xb(:,:,i), "FaceColor", "flat", 
			  "cdata", lev, varargin{:})];
      else
	tmp = [tmp; patch(yb(:,:,i), xb(:,:,i), varargin{:})];
      endif
    endfor
  endif
endfunction