## Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Teemu Ikonen
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __errplot__ (@var{args})
## Really plot errorbar plots. User interface in function errorbar.
##
## @example
## __errplot__ (@var{arg1}, @var{arg2}, ..., @var{fmt})
## @end example
##
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{semilogx, semilogy, loglog, polar, mesh, contour, __pltopt__
## bar, stairs, errorbar, gplot, gsplot, replot, xlabel, ylabel, and title}

## Created: 18.7.2000
## Author: Teemu Ikonen <tpikonen@pcu.helsinki.fi>
## Keywords: errorbar, plotting

function __errplot__ (varargin)

  nargs = nargin ();

  if (nargs < 3) # atleast two data arguments needed
    usage ("__errplot__ (arg1, ..., fmt)");
  endif

  fstr = " ";
  ndata = 0;
  k = 1;

  while (nargs--)
    a = varargin{k++};
    if (! isstr (a))
      ndata++;
      eval (sprintf ("arg%d = a;", ndata));
    else
      fstr = a;
    endif
  endwhile

  fmt = __pltopt__ ("__errplot__", fstr);

  nplots = size (arg1, 2);
  len = size (arg1, 1);

  if (ndata == 2)
    for i = 1:nplots,
      tmp = [(1:len)', arg1(:,i), arg2(:,i)];
      cmd = sprintf ("gplot tmp %s", fmt(min(i, rows(fmt)), :));
      eval (cmd);
    endfor
  elseif (ndata == 3)
    for i = 1:nplots,
      tstr = "tmp =[arg1(:,i)";
      for j = 2:ndata,
       tstr = [tstr, sprintf(", arg%d(:,i)", j)];
      endfor
      tstr = [tstr, "];"];
      eval (tstr);
      cmd = sprintf ("gplot tmp %s", fmt(min(i, rows(fmt)), :));
      eval (cmd);
    endfor
  elseif (ndata == 4)
    for i = 1:nplots, # this is getting ugly
      if (index (fmt, "boxxy") || index (fmt, "xyerr"))
       tstr = "tmp = [arg1(:,i), arg2(:,i), arg3(:,i), arg4(:,i)];";
      elseif (index (fmt, "xerr"))
       tstr = "tmp = [arg1(:,i), arg2(:,i), arg1(:,i)-arg3(:,i), arg1(:,i)+arg4(:,i)];";
      else
       tstr = "tmp = [arg1(:,i), arg2(:,i), arg2(:,i)-arg3(:,i), arg2(:,i)+arg4(:,i)];";
      endif
      eval (tstr);
      cmd = sprintf ("gplot tmp %s", fmt(min(i, rows(fmt)), :));
      eval (cmd);
    endfor
  elseif (ndata == 6)
    for i = 1:nplots,
      tstr = "tmp = [arg1(:,i), arg2(:,i), arg1(:,i)-arg3(:,i), arg1(:,i)+arg4(:,i), arg2(:,i)-arg5(:,i), arg2(:,i)+arg6(:,i)];";
      eval (tstr);
      cmd = sprintf ("gplot tmp %s", fmt(min(i, rows(fmt)), :));
      eval (cmd);
    endfor
  else
    for i = 1:nplots,
      tstr = "tmp = [arg1(:,i)";
      for j = 2:ndata,
       tstr = [tstr, sprintf(", arg%d(:,i)", j)];
      endfor
      tstr = [tstr, "];"];
      eval (tstr);
      cmd = sprintf ("gplot tmp %s", fmt(min(i, rows(fmt)), :));
      eval (cmd);
    endfor
  endif

endfunction