How to access the data of contourf function to decides whether the interior of the contour is filled or not?
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How can I access the contourf function data that could inform me on whether the internal data of the contour (that has a filled colour) is greater or lesser than the value the contour is designated to 'cut' the surface function at.
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/275072/image.jpeg)
I.e.
p = peaks;
figure
k = contourf(p, [2 2]);
The 'cut' of the surface function, p, occurs at a defined value (or you could think of it as a height) of 2. This would give a plot as follows:
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/275073/image.jpeg)
To restate my question; how/where can I access the data that dictates if the internal value of the contour is greater or lesser than the cut off value (in this case, 2). In this case it is clear that the internal value is greater than the cut off value, but I would like to access this information so that can create an algorithm to do this autonomously for any contourf plot. I am confident this information should be availible as the contourf function knows whether to colour fill the interior of the contour or not.
Thank you for any advice in advance.
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darova
on 4 Mar 2020
You can access to each contour separately
[C,h] = contourf(p, [2 2]);
h1 = get(h,'children');
for i = 1:length(h1)
x = get(h1(i),'xdata');
y = get(h1(i),'ydata');
end
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darova
on 14 May 2020
Sorry fot the late response. Didn't see you answered
What about inpolygon? It can check if point is inside a contour
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