## Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Michel D. Schmid
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} stem (@var{y})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} stem (@var{x}, @var{y})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} stem (@dots{}, @var{linespec})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} stem (@dots{}, "filled")
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} stem (@dots{}, @var{prop}, @var{val}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} stem (@var{hax}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} stem (@dots{})
## Plot a 2-D stem graph.
##
## If only one argument is given, it is taken as the y-values and the
## x-coordinates are taken from the indices of the elements.
##
## If @var{y} is a matrix, then each column of the matrix is plotted as
## a separate stem graph.  In this case @var{x} can either be a vector,
## the same length as the number of rows in @var{y}, or it can be a
## matrix of the same size as @var{y}.
##
## The default color is @qcode{"b"} (blue), the default line style is
## @qcode{"-"}, and the default marker is @qcode{"o"}.  The line style can
## be altered by the @code{linespec} argument in the same manner as the
## @code{plot} command.  If the @qcode{"filled"} argument is present the
## markers at the top of the stems will be filled in.  For example,
##
## @example
## @group
## x = 1:10;
## y = 2*x;
## stem (x, y, "r");
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @noindent
## plots 10 stems with heights from 2 to 20 in red;
##
## Optional property/value pairs may be specified to control the appearance
## of the plot.
##
## If the first argument @var{hax} is an axes handle, then plot into this axis,
## rather than the current axes returned by @code{gca}.
##
## The optional return value @var{h} is a vector of "stem series" graphics
## handles with one handle per column of the variable @var{y}.  The
## handle regroups the elements of the stem graph together as the
## children of the "stem series" handle, allowing them to be altered
## together.  For example,
##
## @example
## @group
## x = [0:10]';
## y = [sin(x), cos(x)]
## h = stem (x, y);
## set (h(2), "color", "g");
## set (h(1), "basevalue", -1)
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @noindent
## changes the color of the second "stem series" and moves the base line
## of the first.
## @seealso{stem3, bar, hist, plot, stairs}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Michel D. Schmid <michaelschmid@users.sourceforge.net>
## Adapted-by: jwe

function h = stem (varargin)

  if (nargin < 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  htmp = __stem__ (false, varargin{:});

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = htmp;
  endif

endfunction


%!demo
%! clf;
%! x = 1:10;
%! stem (x);

%!demo
%! clf;
%! x = 1:10;
%! y = 2*x;
%! stem (x, y);

%!demo
%! clf;
%! x = 1:10;
%! y = 2*x;
%! h = stem (x, y, 'r');

%!demo
%! clf;
%! x = 1:10;
%! y = 2*x;
%! h = stem (x, y, '-.k');

%!demo
%! clf;
%! x = 1:10;
%! y = 2*x;
%! h = stem (x, y, '-.k.');

%!demo
%! clf;
%! x = 1:10;
%! y = 2*x;
%! h = stem (x, y, 'filled');

%!demo
%! clf;
%! x = (0 : 10)';
%! y = [sin(x), cos(x)];
%! h = stem (x, y);
%! set (h(2), 'color', 'g');
%! set (h(1), 'basevalue', -1);

%!demo
%! clf;
%! N = 11;
%! x = 0:(N-1);
%! y = rand (1, N);
%! hs = stem (x(1), y(1));
%! set (gca (), 'xlim', [1, N-1], 'ylim', [0, 1]);
%! for k=2:N
%!   set (hs, 'xdata', x(1:k), 'ydata', y(1:k))
%!   drawnow ();
%!   pause (0.2);
%! end

