## Copyright (C) 1999-2017 Kai Habel
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {} {@var{map} =} flag ()
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{map} =} flag (@var{n})
## Create color colormap.  This colormap cycles through red, white, blue, and
## black with each index change.
##
## The argument @var{n} must be a scalar.
## If unspecified, the length of the current colormap, or 64, is used.
## @seealso{colormap}
## @end deftypefn

## Author:  Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>

function map = flag (n = rows (colormap ()))

  if (nargin > 1)
    print_usage ();
  elseif (! isscalar (n))
    error ("flag: N must be a scalar");
  endif

  if (n == 1)
    map = [1, 0, 0];
  elseif (n > 1)
    C = [1, 0, 0; 1, 1, 1; 0, 0, 1; 0, 0, 0];
    map = C(rem (0:(n-1), 4) + 1, :);
  else
    map = zeros (0, 3);
  endif

endfunction


%!demo
%! ## Show the 'flag' colormap profile and as an image
%! cmap = flag (12);  # 4 colors, therefore cycle 3 times
%! subplot (2, 1, 1);
%!  rgbplot (cmap, "composite");
%! subplot (2, 1, 2);
%!  rgbplot (cmap);