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    <refnamediv>
        <refname>contour2di</refname>
        <refpurpose>compute level curves of a surface on a 2D plot</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsynopsisdiv>
        <title>Syntax</title>
        <synopsis>[xc, yc] = contour2di(x, y, z, nz)</synopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Arguments</title>
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>x, y</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        two real row vectors of size <literal>n1</literal> and <literal>n2</literal>: the grid.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>z</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        a real matrix of size <literal>(n1,n2)</literal>, the
                        values of the function.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>nz</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        the level values or the number of levels.
                    </para>
                    <variablelist>
                        <varlistentry>
                            <term>
                                If <literal>nz</literal> is an integer
                            </term>
                            <listitem>
                                <para>
                                    its value gives the number of
                                    level curves  equally spaced from <literal>zmin</literal> to <literal>zmax</literal> as follows:
                                </para>
                                <programlisting role="no-scilab-exec"><![CDATA[
z= zmin + (1:nz)*(zmax-zmin)/(nz+1)
 ]]></programlisting>
                                <para>
                                    <note>
                                        Note that the <literal>zmin</literal> and
                                        <literal>zmax</literal> levels are not drawn
                                        (generically they are reduced to points) but
                                        they can be added  with
                                    </note>
                                </para>
                                <programlisting role="no-scilab-exec"><![CDATA[
[im,jm] = find(z == zmin);     // or zmax
plot2d(x(im)',y(jm)',-9,"000")
 ]]></programlisting>
                            </listitem>
                        </varlistentry>
                        <varlistentry>
                            <term>
                                If <literal>nz</literal> is a vector
                            </term>
                            <listitem>
                                <para>
                                    <literal>nz(i)</literal> gives the value of
                                    the <literal>i</literal>-th level curve.
                                </para>
                            </listitem>
                        </varlistentry>
                    </variablelist>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>xc, yc</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        vectors of identical sizes containing the contours definitions. See below for details.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>
            <function>contour2di</function> computes level curves of a surface
            <literal>z = f(x, y)</literal> on a 2D plot.  The values of
            <literal>f(x,y)</literal> are given by the matrix <varname>z</varname>
            at the grid points defined by <varname>x</varname> and <varname>y</varname>.
        </para>
        <para>
            <literal>xc(1)</literal> contains the level associated with first
            contour path, <literal>yc(1)</literal> contains the number
            <literal>N1</literal> of points defining this contour path and
            (<literal>xc(1+(1:N1))</literal>, <literal>yc(1+(1:N1))</literal> )
            contain the coordinates of the paths points. The second path begin
            at <literal>xc(2+N1)</literal> and <literal>yc(2+N1)</literal> and
            so on.
        </para>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
[xc,yc]=contour2di(1:10,1:10,rand(10,10),5);
k=1;n=yc(k);c=1;
while k+yc(k)<size(xc,'*')
  n=yc(k);
  plot2d(xc(k+(1:n)),yc(k+(1:n)),c)
  c=c+1;
  k=k+n+1;
end
 ]]></programlisting>
    </refsection>
    <refsection role="see also">
        <title>See also</title>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="contour">contour</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="contour2d">contour2d</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="contour2dm">contour2dm</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="plot2d">plot2d</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
    </refsection>
</refentry>
