function tri_surface_to_ply ( prefix )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% tri_surface_to_ply() converts a TRI_SURFACE file to a PLY file.
%
%  Usage:
%
%    tri_surface_to_ply ( 'prefix' )
%
%    where 'prefix' is the common prefix for the files:
%
%    * prefix_nodes.txt      the tri_surface node file to be read;
%    * prefix_elements.txt   the tri_surface element file to be read;
%    * prefix.ply            the ply file to be created.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    25 May 2012
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string PREFIX, the common filename prefix.
%
  verbose = false;

  if ( verbose )
    timestamp ( );
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'tri_surface_to_ply():\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  MATLAB/Octave version %s\n', version ( ) );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Read the nodes and elements of a TRI_SURFACE file.\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Create a corresponding PLY file.\n' );
  end
%
%  If at least one command line argument, it's the prefix.
%
  if ( nargin < 1 )

    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'tri_surface_to_ply():\n' );
    prefix = input ( 'Enter the common filename prefix:' );

  else

  end
%
%  Create the filenames.
%
  node_filename    = strcat ( prefix, '_nodes.txt' );
  element_filename = strcat ( prefix, '_elements.txt' );
  ply_filename     = strcat ( prefix, '.ply' );
%
%  Read the node data.
%
  [ dim_num, node_num ] = r8mat_header_read ( node_filename );

  if ( verbose )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Spatial dimension of nodes = %d\n', dim_num );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Number of nodes =            %d\n', node_num );
  end

  if ( dim_num ~= 3 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'tri_surface_to_ply(): Fatal error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  The nodes do not have dimension 3.\n' );
    error ( 'tri_surface_to_ply(): Fatal error!\n' );
  end

  node_xyz = r8mat_data_read ( node_filename, dim_num, node_num );

  if ( verbose )
    r8mat_transpose_print_some ( dim_num, node_num, node_xyz, ...
      1, 1, dim_num, 5, '  First five nodes:' );
  end
%
%  Read the element data.
%
  [ element_order, element_num ] = i4mat_header_read ( element_filename );

  if ( verbose )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Order of elements =  %d\n', element_order );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Number of elements = %d\n', element_num );
  end

  if ( element_order ~= 3 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'tri_surface_to_ply(): Fatal error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  The elements do not have order 3.\n' );
    error ( 'tri_surface_to_ply(): Fatal error!\n' );
  end

  element_node = i4mat_data_read ( element_filename, element_order, ...
    element_num );

  if ( verbose )
    i4mat_transpose_print_some ( element_order, element_num, element_node, ...
      1, 1, element_order, 5, '  First five elements:' );
  end
%
%  Convert the data.
%
  ply_data = tri_surface_data_to_ply_data ( node_xyz, element_node );
%
%  Write the PLY file.
%
  ply_write ( ply_data, ply_filename, 'ascii' );

  fprintf ( 'Created the file "%s"\n', ply_filename );
%
%  Terminate.
%
  if ( verbose )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'tri_surface_to_ply():\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Normal end of execution.\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    timestamp ( );
  end

  return
end
function column_num = file_column_count ( input_file_name )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% file_column_count() counts the columns in the first line of a file.
%
%  Discussion:
%
%    The file is assumed to be a simple text file.
%
%    Most lines of the file are presumed to consist of COLUMN_NUM words,
%    separated by spaces.  There may also be some blank lines, and some
%    comment lines, which have a "#" in column 1.
%
%    The routine tries to find the first non-comment non-blank line and
%    counts the number of words in that line.
%
%    If all lines are blanks or comments, it goes back and tries to analyze
%    a comment line.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    08 February 2010
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string INPUT_FILE_NAME, the name of the file.
%
%    Output, integer COLUMN_NUM, the number of columns in the file.
%
  FALSE = 0;
  TRUE = 1;
%
%  Open the file.
%
  input_unit = fopen ( input_file_name );

  if ( input_unit < 0 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'FILE_COLUMN_COUNT - Error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Could not open the file "%s".\n', input_file_name );
    error ( 'FILE_COLUMN_COUNT - Error!' );
  end
%
%  Read one line, but skip blank lines and comment lines.
%  Use FGETL so we drop the newline character!
%
  got_one = FALSE;

  while ( true )

    line = fgetl ( input_unit );

    if ( line == -1 )
      break;
    end

    if ( s_len_trim ( line ) == 0 )

    elseif ( line(1) == '#' )

    else
      got_one = TRUE;
      break;
    end

  end

  fclose ( input_unit );

  if ( got_one == FALSE )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'FILE_COLUMN_COUNT - Warning!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  The file does not seem to contain any data.\n' );
    column_num = -1;
    return
  end

  column_num = s_word_count ( line );

  return
end
function row_num = file_row_count ( input_file_name )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% FILE_ROW_COUNT counts the number of row records in a file.
%
%  Discussion:
%
%    Each input line is a "RECORD".
%
%    The records are divided into three groups:
%
%    * BLANK LINES (nothing but blanks)
%    * COMMENT LINES (begin with a '#')
%    * DATA RECORDS (anything else)
%
%    The value returned by the function is the number of data records.
%
%    By the way, if the MATLAB routine FGETS is used, instead of
%    FGETL, then the variable LINE will include line termination
%    characters, which means that a blank line would not actually
%    have zero characters.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    08 February 2010
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string INPUT_FILE_NAME, the name of the input file.
%
%    Output, integer ROW_NUM, the number of rows found.
%
  input_unit = fopen ( input_file_name );

  if ( input_unit < 0 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'FILE_ROW_COUNT - Error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Could not open the file "%s".\n', input_file_name );
    error ( 'FILE_ROW_COUNT - Error!' );
  end

  blank_num = 0;
  comment_num = 0;
  row_num = 0;

  record_num = 0;

  while ( true )

    line = fgetl ( input_unit );

    if ( line == -1 )
      break;
    end

    record_num = record_num + 1;
    record_length = s_len_trim ( line );

    if ( record_length <= 0 )
      blank_num = blank_num + 1;
    elseif ( line(1) == '#' )
      comment_num = comment_num + 1;
    else
      row_num = row_num + 1;
    end

  end

  fclose ( input_unit );

  return
end
function table = i4mat_data_read ( input_filename, m, n )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% I4MAT_DATA_READ reads data from an I4MAT file.
%
%  Discussion:
%
%    An I4MAT is an array of I4's.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    08 February 2010
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string INPUT_FILENAME, the name of the input file.
%
%    Input, integer M, N, the number of rows and columns in the data.
%
%    Output, integer TABLE(M,N), the point coordinates.
%

%
%  Build up the format string for reading M real numbers.
%
  string = ' ';

  for i = 0 : m
    string = strcat ( string, ' %d' );
  end

  input_unit = fopen ( input_filename );

  if ( input_unit < 0 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'I4MAT_DATA_READ - Error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Could not open the input file.\n' );
    error ( 'I4MAT_DATA_READ - Error!' );
  end

  table = zeros ( m, n );

  i = 0;

  while ( i < n )

    line = fgets ( input_unit );

    if ( line == -1 )
      fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
      fprintf ( 1, 'I4MAT_DATA_READ - Error!\n' );
      fprintf ( 1, '  End of input while reading data.\n' );
      error ( 'I4MAT_DATA_READ - Error!' );
    end

    if ( line(1) == '#' )

    elseif ( s_len_trim ( line ) == 0 )

    else

      [ x, count ] = sscanf ( line, string );

      if ( count == m )
        i = i + 1;
        table(1:m,i) = x(1:m);
      end

    end

  end

  fclose ( input_unit );

  return
end
function [ m, n ] = i4mat_header_read ( input_filename )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% I4MAT_HEADER_READ reads the header from an I4MAT file.
%
%  Discussion:
%
%    An I4MAT is an array of I4's.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    22 October 2004
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string INPUT_FILENAME, the name of the input file.
%
%    Output, integer M, the spatial dimension.
%
%    Output, integer N, the number of points.
%
  m = file_column_count ( input_filename );

  if ( m <= 0 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'I4MAT_HEADER_READ - Fatal error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  There was some kind of I/O problem while trying\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  to count the number of data columns in\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  the file %s.\n', input_filename );
  end

  n = file_row_count ( input_filename );

  if ( n <= 0 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'I4MAT_HEADER_READ - Fatal error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  There was some kind of I/O problem while trying\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  to count the number of data rows in\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  the file %s\n', input_filename );
  end

  return
end
function i4mat_transpose_print_some ( m, n, a, ilo, jlo, ihi, jhi, title )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% I4MAT_TRANSPOSE_PRINT_SOME prints some of an I4MAT, transposed.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    21 June 2005
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, integer M, N, the number of rows and columns.
%
%    Input, integer A(M,N), an M by N matrix to be printed.
%
%    Input, integer ILO, JLO, the first row and column to print.
%
%    Input, integer IHI, JHI, the last row and column to print.
%
%    Input, string TITLE, a title.
%
  incx = 10;

  fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '%s\n', title );

  for i2lo = max ( ilo, 1 ) : incx : min ( ihi, m )

    i2hi = i2lo + incx - 1;
    i2hi = min ( i2hi, m );
    i2hi = min ( i2hi, ihi );

    inc = i2hi + 1 - i2lo;

    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Row: ' );
    for i = i2lo : i2hi
      fprintf ( 1, '%7d  ', i );
    end
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Col\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );

    j2lo = max ( jlo, 1 );
    j2hi = min ( jhi, n );

    for j = j2lo : j2hi

      fprintf ( 1, '%5d  ', j );
      for i2 = 1 : inc
        i = i2lo - 1 + i2;
        fprintf ( 1, '%7d  ', a(i,j) );
      end
      fprintf ( 1, '\n' );

    end

  end

  return
end

function table = r8mat_data_read ( input_filename, m, n )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% R8MAT_DATA_READ() reads data from an R8MAT file.
%
%  Discussion:
%
%    An R8MAT is an array of R8's.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    08 February 2010
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string INPUT_FILENAME, the name of the input file.
%
%    Input, integer M, N, the number of rows and columns of data.
%
%    Output, real TABLE(M,N), the point coordinates.
%

%
%  Build up the format string for reading M real numbers.
%
  string = ' ';

  for i = 0 : m
    string = strcat ( string, ' %f' );
  end

  input_unit = fopen ( input_filename );

  if ( input_unit < 0 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'R8MAT_DATA_READ - Error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Could not open the file.\n' );
    error ( 'R8MAT_DATA_READ - Error!' );
  end

  table = zeros(m,n);

  i = 0;

  while ( i < n )

    line = fgets ( input_unit );

    if ( line == -1 )
      break;
    end

    if ( line(1) == '#' )

    elseif ( s_len_trim ( line ) == 0 )

    else

      [ x, count ] = sscanf ( line, string );

      if ( count == m )
        i = i + 1;
        table(1:m,i) = x(1:m);
      end

    end

  end

  fclose ( input_unit );

  return
end
function [ m, n ] = r8mat_header_read ( input_filename )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% R8MAT_HEADER_READ reads the header from an R8MAT file.
%
%  Discussion:
%
%    An R8MAT is an array of R8's.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    22 October 2004
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string INPUT_FILENAME, the name of the input file.
%
%    Output, integer M, the spatial dimension.
%
%    Output, integer N, the number of points.
%
  m = file_column_count ( input_filename );

  if ( m <= 0 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'R8MAT_HEADER_READ - Fatal error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  There was some kind of I/O problem while trying\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  to count the number of data columns in\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  the file %s.\n', input_filename );
  end

  n = file_row_count ( input_filename );

  if ( n <= 0 )
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, 'R8MAT_HEADER_READ - Fatal error!\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  There was some kind of I/O problem while trying\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  to count the number of data rows in\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  the file %s\n', input_filename );
  end

  return
end
function r8mat_transpose_print_some ( m, n, a, ilo, jlo, ihi, jhi, title )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% R8MAT_TRANSPOSE_PRINT_SOME prints some of an R8MAT, transposed.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    23 May 2005
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, integer M, N, the number of rows and columns.
%
%    Input, real A(M,N), an M by N matrix to be printed.
%
%    Input, integer ILO, JLO, the first row and column to print.
%
%    Input, integer IHI, JHI, the last row and column to print.
%
%    Input, string TITLE, a title.
%
  incx = 5;

  fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
  fprintf ( 1, '%s\n', title );

  for i2lo = max ( ilo, 1 ) : incx : min ( ihi, m )

    i2hi = i2lo + incx - 1;
    i2hi = min ( i2hi, m );
    i2hi = min ( i2hi, ihi );

    inc = i2hi + 1 - i2lo;
    
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Row: ' );
    for i = i2lo : i2hi
      fprintf ( 1, '%7d       ', i );
    end
    fprintf ( 1, '\n' );
    fprintf ( 1, '  Col\n' );

    j2lo = max ( jlo, 1 );
    j2hi = min ( jhi, n );

    for j = j2lo : j2hi

      fprintf ( 1, '%5d ', j );
      for i2 = 1 : inc
        i = i2lo - 1 + i2;
        fprintf ( 1, '%12f', a(i,j) );
      end
      fprintf ( 1, '\n' );

    end

  end

  return
end
function len = s_len_trim ( s )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% s_len_trim() returns the length of a character string to the last nonblank.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    14 June 2003
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string S, the string to be measured.
%
%    Output, integer LEN, the length of the string up to the last nonblank.
%
  len = length ( s );

  while ( 0 < len )
    if ( s(len) ~= ' ' )
      return
    end
    len = len - 1;
  end

  return
end
function word_num = s_word_count ( s )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% s_word_count() counts the number of "words" in a string.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    30 January 2006
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, string S, the string to be examined.
%
%    Output, integer WORD_NUM, the number of "words" in the string.
%    Words are presumed to be separated by one or more blanks.
%
  FALSE = 0;
  TRUE = 1;

  word_num = 0;
  s_length = length ( s );

  if ( s_length <= 0 )
    return;
  end

  blank = TRUE;

  for i = 1 : s_length

    if ( s(i) == ' ' )
      blank = TRUE;
    elseif ( blank == TRUE )
      word_num = word_num + 1;
      blank = FALSE;
    end

  end

  return
end
function timestamp ( )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a timestamp.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    14 February 2003
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
  t = now;
  c = datevec ( t );
  s = datestr ( c, 0 );
  fprintf ( 1, '%s\n', s );

  return
end

