1## Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 David Bateman
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20## @deftypefn {Function File} {} contrast (@var{x}, @var{n})
21## Return a gray colormap that maximizes the contrast in an image. The
22## returned colormap will have @var{n} rows. If @var{n} is not defined
23## then the size of the current colormap is used instead.
27function map = contrast (x, n)
33 error ("contrast: n must be a scalar");
41 map = find (diff (sort ([round(n * ((x - minx) ./ (max(x) - minx))); [0:n]'])));
43 map = (map - minm) ./ (max (map) - minm);
44 map = [map, map, map];
47%!assert (contrast(1:100,10),[([0:9]/9)',([0:9]/9)',([0:9]/9)'],1e-10)
49%! image (reshape (1:100, 10, 10))
50%! colormap (contrast (1:100,10))