## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[data, fmtstr] =} __plt2ss__ (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{fmt})
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function [data, fmtstr] = __plt2ss__ (x, y, fmt)

  if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3 || nargout != 2)
    usage ("[data, fmtstr] = __plt2ss__ (x, y, fmt)");
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    fmt = "";
  elseif (rows (fmt) > 1)
    fmt = fmt (1, :);
  endif

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

  if (x_nr == 1 && x_nr == y_nr && x_nc == 1 && x_nc == y_nc)
    tmp = [x, y];
    data = tmp;
    fmtstr = fmt;
  else
    error ("__plt2ss__: arguments must be scalars");
  endif

endfunction