return type of surfc for MatlabR2008a or later

[David Bateman]

Ben Abbott wrote:
>
> On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:29 AM, David Bateman wrote:
>
>> Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sep 1, 2008, at 10:42 AM, David Bateman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I get the same result as Ben Hall did with 2008a.
>>>>
>>>> Then MatlabR2008a is buggy wrt surfc and their new linkdata 
>>>> function. Why am I not surprised :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> For kicks I downloaded the 2008b beta. The result is below. If you 
>>> want it I can provide the mat-file, but it appears to give the same 
>>> result as 2008a.
>>>
>>> >> h = surfc(peaks())
>>> a1 = get (h,'type')
>>> a2 = get(h,'children')
>>> a3 = cellfun(@(x) get(x,'type'), get(h,'children'),'UniformOutput', 
>>> false)
>>> save surfctest.mat a1 a2 a3
>>>
>> For kicks try instead
>>
>> [x,y,z] =  peaks();
>> h = surfc(x,y,z,'ZDataSource','z');
>> for i = 1 : 10
>> pause 1;
>> z = 2 * z;
>> refreshdata;
>> end
>
> ??? Error using ==> pause
> Unknown command option.
>
> but the code below works
>
> [x,y,z] =  peaks();
> h = surfc(x,y,z,'ZDataSource','z');
> for i = 1 : 10
> pause (1);
> z = 2 * z;
> refreshdata;
> end
>
> The "peak" peaks at about 10k ;-)
>
>>  suspect that will fail, while
>>
>> [x,y,z] =  peaks();
>> h = surf(x,y,z,'ZDataSource','z');
>> for i = 1 : 10
>> pause 1;
>> z = 2 * z;
>> refreshdata;
>> end
>
>
> Both surfc and surf work using pause(1).
>
> Ben
>
Ok I see the ?DataSource properties are associated directly with the 
surface and patch objects as well. Its still ugly and inconsistent with 
the rest of this stuff though..

D.


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