## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} rgbplot (@var{cmap})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} rgbplot (@dots{})
## Plot the components of a colormap.
##
## The first column is plotted in red, the second column in green, and
## the third column in blue.  The values are between 0 and 1 and represent
## the intensity of the RGB components in the given indexed color.
##
## The optional return value @var{h} is a graphics handle to the created plot.
##
## @seealso{colormap}
## @end deftypefn

function retval = rgbplot (cmap)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (! iscolormap (cmap))
    error ("rgbplot: CMAP must be a colormap");
  endif

  h = plot (cmap(:,1),"r", cmap(:,2),"g", cmap(:,3),"b");
  set (gca, 'ytick', 0:0.1:1);
  xlabel ("color index");

  if (nargout > 0)
    retval = h;
  endif

endfunction


%!demo
%! clf;
%! rgbplot (ocean);

%%test input validation
%!error rgbplot ()
%!error rgbplot (1,2)
%!error <CMAP must be a colormap> rgbplot ({0 1 0})