nsidedpoly

Regular polygon

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Syntax

pgon = nsidedpoly(n)
pgon = nsidedpoly(n,Name,Value)

Description

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pgon = nsidedpoly(n) returns a regular polygon with n equal-length sides. The center of pgon is at the point (0,0), and the circumscribed circle of the polygon has radius 1.

example

pgon = nsidedpoly(n,Name,Value) specifies additional properties of the polygon using one or more name-value pair arguments. For example, pgon = nsidedpoly(4,'SideLength',5) creates a square centered at (0,0) with sides of length 5.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Create a hexagon with sides of length 1 centered at the point (0,0). Then, create a hexagon with sides of length 3 centered at (5,0).

pgon1 = nsidedpoly(6);
pgon2 = nsidedpoly(6,'Center',[5 0],'SideLength',3);
plot([pgon1 pgon2])
axis equal

Input Arguments

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Number of sides of the polygon, specified as a positive scalar integer greater than 2.

Data Types: double | single | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Name-Value Pair Arguments

Specify optional comma-separated pairs of Name,Value arguments. Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name must appear inside quotes. You can specify several name and value pair arguments in any order as Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN.

Example: pgon = nsidedpoly(3,'Radius',10)

Center point of the polygon, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Center' and a 1-by-2 row vector whose first element is the x-coordinate of the point and whose second element is the y-coordinate.

Data Types: double | single | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Radius of the circumscribed circle of the polygon, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Radius' and a positive scalar. This name-value pair cannot be combined with the 'SideLength' name-value pair.

Data Types: double | single | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Side length of polygon, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'SideLength' and a positive scalar. This name-value pair cannot be combined with the 'Radius' name-value pair.

Data Types: double | single | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

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Introduced in R2017b

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