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<h5 class="subsubsection">15.2.1.3 Two-dimensional Geometric Shapes</h5>
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— Function File: <b>rectangle</b> ()<var><a name="index-rectangle-1231"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>rectangle</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small>, "Position", pos</var>)<var><a name="index-rectangle-1232"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>rectangle</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small>, "Curvature", curv</var>)<var><a name="index-rectangle-1233"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>rectangle</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small>, "EdgeColor", ec</var>)<var><a name="index-rectangle-1234"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>rectangle</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small>, "FaceColor", fc</var>)<var><a name="index-rectangle-1235"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <var>h</var> = <b>rectangle</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-rectangle-1236"></a></var><br>
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<p>Draw rectangular patch defined by <var>pos</var> and <var>curv</var>. The variable
<var>pos</var><code>(1:2)</code> defines the lower left-hand corner of the patch
and <var>pos</var><code>(3:4)</code> defines its width and height. By default, the
value of <var>pos</var> is <code>[0, 0, 1, 1]</code>.
<p>The variable <var>curv</var> defines the curvature of the sides of the rectangle
and may be a scalar or two-element vector with values between 0 and 1.
A value of 0 represents no curvature of the side, whereas a value of 1
means that the side is entirely curved into the arc of a circle.
If <var>curv</var> is a two-element vector, then the first element is the
curvature along the x-axis of the patch and the second along y-axis.
<p>If <var>curv</var> is a scalar, it represents the curvature of the shorter of the
two sides of the rectangle and the curvature of the other side is defined
by
<pre class="example"> min (pos (1:2)) / max (pos (1:2)) * curv
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<p>Other properties are passed to the underlying patch command.
<p>The optional return value <var>h</var> is a graphics handle to the created
rectangle object.
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<p class="noindent"><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="doc_002dpatch.html#doc_002dpatch">patch</a>.
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