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##               2007 John W. Eaton
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ocean (@var{n})
## Create color colormap.  The argument @var{n} should be a scalar.  If it
## is omitted, the length of the current colormap or 64 is assumed.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Tony Richardson <arichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
## Created: July 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function map = ocean (number)

  if (nargin == 0)
    number = rows (colormap);
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    if (! isscalar (number))
      error ("ocean: argument must be a scalar");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  cutin = fix (number/3);

  dr = (number - 1) / cutin;

  r = prepad ([0:dr:(number-1)], number)';

  dg = (number - 1) / (2 * cutin);

  g = prepad([0:dg:(number-1)], number)';

  b = [0:(number-1)]';

  map = [ r, g, b ] / (number - 1);

endfunction