## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} gray (@var{n})
## Return a gray colormap with @var{n} entries corresponding to values from
## 0 to @var{n}-1.  The argument @var{n} should be a scalar.  If it is
## omitted, the length of the current colormap or 64 is assumed.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Tony Richardson <arichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
## Created: July 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function map = gray (number)

  if (nargin == 0)
    number = rows (colormap);
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    if (! isscalar (number))
      error ("gray: argument must be a scalar");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  gr = [0:(number-1)]';

  map = [ gr, gr, gr ] / (number - 1);

endfunction
