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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{x}, @var{map}] =} rgb2ind (@var{r}, @var{g}, @var{b})
## Convert and RGB image to an Octave indexed image.
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{ind2rgb and rgb2ntsc}

## Bugs: The color map may have duplicate entries.

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

function [X, map] = rgb2ind (R, G, B)

  if (nargin != 3)
    usage ("[X, map] = rgb2ind (R, G, B)");
  endif

  if (size (R) != size (G) || size (R) != size (B))
    error ("rgb2ind: arguments must all have the same size");
  endif

  [hi, wi] = size (R);

  X = zeros (hi, wi);

  map = zeros (hi*wi, 3);

  map(:,1) = R(:);
  map(:,2) = G(:);
  map(:,3) = B(:);

  X(:) = 1:(hi*wi);

endfunction