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Data space to figure units conversion

from Data space to figure units conversion by Michelle Hirsch
A utility function to simplify use of annotation function

ds2nfu(varargin)
function varargout = ds2nfu(varargin)
% DS2NFU  Convert data space units into normalized figure units. 
%
% [Xf, Yf] = DS2NFU(X, Y) converts X,Y coordinates from
% data space to normalized figure units, using the current axes.  This is
% useful as input for ANNOTATION.  
%
% POSf = DS2NFU(POS) converts 4-element position vector, POS from
% data space to normalized figure units, using the current axes.  The
% position vector has the form [Xo Yo Width Height], as defined here:
%
%      web(['jar:file:D:/Applications/MATLAB/R2006a/help/techdoc/' ...
%           'help.jar!/creating_plots/axes_pr4.html'], '-helpbrowser')
%
% [Xf, Yf] = DS2NFU(HAX, X, Y) converts X,Y coordinates from
% data space to normalized figure units, on specified axes HAX.  
%
% POSf = DS2NFU(HAX, POS) converts 4-element position vector, POS from
% data space to normalized figure units, using the current axes. 
%
% Ex.
%       % Create some data
% 		t = 0:.1:4*pi;
% 		s = sin(t);
%
%       % Add an annotation requiring (x,y) coordinate vectors
% 		plot(t,s);ylim([-1.2 1.2])
% 		xa = [1.6 2]*pi;
% 		ya = [0 0];
% 		[xaf,yaf] = ds2nfu(xa,ya);
% 		annotation('arrow',xaf,yaf)
%
%       % Add an annotation requiring a position vector
% 		pose = [4*pi/2 .9 pi .2];
% 		posef = ds2nfu(pose);
% 		annotation('ellipse',posef)
%
%       % Add annotations on a figure with multiple axes
% 		figure;
% 		hAx1 = subplot(211);
% 		plot(t,s);ylim([-1.2 1.2])
% 		hAx2 = subplot(212);
% 		plot(t,-s);ylim([-1.2 1.2])
% 		[xaf,yaf] = ds2nfu(hAx1,xa,ya);
% 		annotation('arrow',xaf,yaf)
% 		pose = [4*pi/2 -1.1 pi .2];
% 		posef = ds2nfu(hAx2,pose);
% 		annotation('ellipse',posef)

% Scott Hirsch
% shirsch@mathworks.com
% Copyright 2006 The MathWorks, Inc

%% Process inputs
error(nargchk(1, 3, nargin))

% Determine if axes handle is specified
if length(varargin{1})== 1 && ishandle(varargin{1}) && strcmp(get(varargin{1},'type'),'axes')	
	hAx = varargin{1};
	varargin = varargin(2:end);
else
	hAx = gca;
end;

errmsg = ['Invalid input.  Coordinates must be specified as 1 four-element \n' ...
	'position vector or 2 equal length (x,y) vectors.'];

% Proceed with remaining inputs
if length(varargin)==1	% Must be 4 elt POS vector
	pos = varargin{1};
	if length(pos) ~=4, 
		error(errmsg);
	end;
else
	[x,y] = deal(varargin{:});
	if length(x) ~= length(y)
		error(errmsg)
	end
end

	
%% Get limits
axun = get(hAx,'Units');
set(hAx,'Units','normalized');
axpos = get(hAx,'Position');
axlim = axis(hAx);
axwidth = diff(axlim(1:2));
axheight = diff(axlim(3:4));


%% Transform data
if exist('x','var')
	varargout{1} = (x-axlim(1))*axpos(3)/axwidth + axpos(1);
	varargout{2} = (y-axlim(3))*axpos(4)/axheight + axpos(2);
else
	pos(1) = (pos(1)-axlim(1))/axwidth*axpos(3) + axpos(1);
	pos(2) = (pos(2)-axlim(3))/axheight*axpos(4) + axpos(2);
	pos(3) = pos(3)*axpos(3)/axwidth;
	pos(4) = pos(4)*axpos(4)/axheight;
	varargout{1} = pos;
end


%% Restore axes units
set(hAx,'Units',axun)

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