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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{h} =} drawPolynomialCurve (@var{bnd}, @var{xcoef}, @var{ycoef})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} drawPolynomialCurve (@var{bnd}, @var{coefs})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} drawPolynomialCurve (@dots{}, @var{npts})
## Draw a polynomial curve approximation
## @end deftypefn

function varargout = drawPolynomialCurve(tBounds, varargin)
  ## Extract input parameters
  % polynomial coefficients for each coordinate
  var = varargin{1};
  if iscell(var)
      xCoef = var{1};
      yCoef = var{2};
      varargin(1) = [];

  elseif size(var, 1)==1
      xCoef = varargin{1};
      yCoef = varargin{2};
      varargin(1:2) = [];

  else
      xCoef = var(1,:);
      yCoef = var(2,:);
      varargin(1) = [];
  end

  nPts = 120;
  if ~isempty(varargin)
      nPts = varargin{1};
  end

  # parametrization bounds
  t0 = tBounds(1);
  t1 = tBounds(end);

  ## Drawing the polyline approximation

  # generate vector of absissa
  t = linspace (t0, t1, nPts+1)';

  # compute corresponding positions
  pts = polynomialCurvePoint (t, xCoef, yCoef);

  # draw the resulting curve
  h = drawPolyline (pts);

  if nargout > 0
      varargout{1} = h;
  end

endfunction