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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[data, fmtstr] =} __plt2mv__ (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{fmt})
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function [data, fmtstr] = __plt2mv__ (x, y, fmt)

  if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3 || nargout != 2)
    usage ("[data, fmtstr] = __plt2mv__ (x, y, fmt)");
  elseif (nargin == 2 || isempty (fmt))
    fmt = " ";  ## Yes, this is intentionally not an empty string!
  endif

  [x_nr, x_nc] = size (x);
  [y_nr, y_nc] = size (y);

  if (y_nr == 1)
    y = y';
    tmp = y_nr;
    y_nr = y_nc;
    y_nc = tmp;
  endif

  if (x_nr == y_nr)
    1;
  elseif (x_nc == y_nr)
    x = x';
    tmp = x_nr;
    x_nr = x_nc;
    x_nc = tmp;
  else
    error ("__plt2mv__: matrix dimensions must match");
  endif

  if (x_nc > 0)
    if (rows (fmt) == 1)
      fmt = repmat (fmt, x_nc, 1);
    endif
    tmp = [x, y];
    dtmp = cell (x_nc, 1);
    ftmp = cell (x_nc, 1);
    for i = 1:x_nc
      dtmp{i} = tmp(:,[i,x_nc+1]);
      ftmp{i} = deblank (fmt(i,:));
    endfor
    data = dtmp;
    fmtstr = ftmp;
  else
    error ("__plt2mv__: arguments must be a matrices");
  endif

endfunction