## Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Rik Wehbring
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {} {@var{map} =} lines ()
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{map} =} lines (@var{n})
## Create color colormap.  This colormap is composed of the list of colors
## in the current axes @qcode{"ColorOrder"} property.  The default is blue,
## orange, yellow, purple, green, light blue, and dark red.
##
## The argument @var{n} must be a scalar.
## If unspecified, the length of the current colormap, or 64, is used.
## @seealso{colormap}
## @end deftypefn

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

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

  if (n == 1)
    map = [0, 0, 1];
  elseif (n > 1)
    C = get (gca, "colororder");
    nr = rows (C);
    map = C(rem (0:(n-1), nr) + 1, :);
  else
    map = zeros (0, 3);
  endif

endfunction


%!demo
%! ## Show the 'lines' colormap profile and as an image
%! cmap = lines (21); # default has 7 colors, therefore cycle 3 times
%! subplot (2, 1, 1);
%!  rgbplot (cmap, "composite");
%! subplot (2, 1, 2);
%!  rgbplot (cmap);