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+function [h, display_array] = displayData(X, example_width)
+%DISPLAYDATA Display 2D data in a nice grid
+%   [h, display_array] = DISPLAYDATA(X, example_width) displays 2D data
+%   stored in X in a nice grid. It returns the figure handle h and the 
+%   displayed array if requested.
+
+% Set example_width automatically if not passed in
+if ~exist('example_width', 'var') || isempty(example_width) 
+	example_width = round(sqrt(size(X, 2)));
+end
+
+% Gray Image
+colormap(gray);
+
+% Compute rows, cols
+[m n] = size(X);
+example_height = (n / example_width);
+
+% Compute number of items to display
+display_rows = floor(sqrt(m));
+display_cols = ceil(m / display_rows);
+
+% Between images padding
+pad = 1;
+
+% Setup blank display
+display_array = - ones(pad + display_rows * (example_height + pad), ...
+                       pad + display_cols * (example_width + pad));
+
+% Copy each example into a patch on the display array
+curr_ex = 1;
+for j = 1:display_rows
+	for i = 1:display_cols
+		if curr_ex > m, 
+			break; 
+		end
+		% Copy the patch
+		
+		% Get the max value of the patch
+		max_val = max(abs(X(curr_ex, :)));
+		display_array(pad + (j - 1) * (example_height + pad) + (1:example_height), ...
+		              pad + (i - 1) * (example_width + pad) + (1:example_width)) = ...
+						reshape(X(curr_ex, :), example_height, example_width) / max_val;
+		curr_ex = curr_ex + 1;
+	end
+	if curr_ex > m, 
+		break; 
+	end
+end
+
+% Display Image
+h = imagesc(display_array, [-1 1]);
+
+% Do not show axis
+axis image off
+
+drawnow;
+
+end