## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[data, fmtstr] =} __plt1__ (@var{x1}, @var{fmt})
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function [data, fmtstr, key] = __plt1__ (x1, fmt, keystr)

  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 3 || nargout < 2 || nargout > 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargin < 2)
    fmt = {""};
  endif

  if (nargin < 3)
    keystr = {""};
  endif

  if (! iscellstr (fmt))
    error ("__plt1__: fmt must be a cell array of character strings");
  endif

  if (! iscell (keystr))
    error ("__plt1__: fmt must be a cell array");
  endif

  [nr, nc] = size (x1);
  if (nr == 1)
    x1 = x1.';
    tmp = nr;
    nr = nc;
    nc = tmp;
  endif
  x1_i = imag (x1);
  if (any (any (x1_i)))
    x2 = x1_i;
    x1 = real (x1);
  else
    x2 = x1;
    x1 = (1:nr)';
  endif

  [data, fmtstr, key] = __plt2__ (x1, x2, fmt, keystr);

endfunction