How to close open contours
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I would like to close the open contours in the attached image. The contour lines just stop at both the top and bottom of the image. I am trying to find a non-image analysis solution, as this plot was created with the contour function using the following syntax:
[C, h] = contour(X, Y, Z, [level_1 level_2 level_3 level_4 level_5]);
I would like it to close with just a horizontal line connecting to the corresponding isoline/color at both the top and bottom. Either a programatic or brute force solution would be ok with me. I would like to have the connected contour plot available as a Contour matrix, which is what the contour function outputs (https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/contour.html).
Thanks!
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DGM
on 19 Oct 2021
The contours are open because that's what describes the data. To close the contours misrepresents the behavior of the data at the edges. If this were elevation data, you would be explicitly fabricating an artifact that describes a vertical surface at the edge of the plot. You can do it if you want.
z = peaks(100);
z = z(:,1:50);
contour(z);
xlim([-10 60])
ylim([-10 110])
clf
z = padarray(z,[1 1],0,'both');
contour(z);
xlim([-10 60])
ylim([-10 110])
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