# Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
# 
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function polar (x1, x2, fmt)

# usage: polar (theta, rho, fmt)
#
# Make a 2D plot given polar the coordinates theta and rho.
#
# The optional third argument specifies the line type.
#
# See also: plot, semilogx, semilogy, loglog, mesh, contour, bar,
#           stairs, gplot, gsplot, replot, xlabel, ylabel, title 

  set nologscale;
  set nopolar;

  if (nargin == 3)
    if (isstr (fmt))
      fmt = plot_opt ("polar", fmt);
    else
      error ("polar: third argument must be a string");
    endif
    polar_int_2 (x1, x2, fmt);
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    if (isstr (x2))
      fmt = plot_opt ("polar", x2);
      polar_int_1 (x1, fmt);
    else
      fmt = "";
      polar_int_2 (x1, x2, fmt);
    endif
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    fmt = "";
    polar_int_1 (x1, fmt);
  else
    usage ("polar (theta, rho, fmt)");
  endif

endfunction