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21## @deftypefn {Function File} {} gray (@var{n})
22## Return a gray colormap with @var{n} entries corresponding to values from
23## 0 to @var{n}-1. The argument @var{n} should be a scalar. If it is
24## omitted, the length of the current colormap or 64 is assumed.
27## Author: Tony Richardson <arichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
31function map = gray (number)
34 number = rows (colormap);
36 if (! isscalar (number))
37 error ("gray: argument must be a scalar");
45 map = [ gr, gr, gr ] / (number - 1);
50%! ## Show the 'gray' colormap as an image
51%! image (1:64, linspace (0, 1, 64), repmat (1:64, 64, 1)')
52%! axis ([1, 64, 0, 1], "ticy", "xy")