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bug #52176: contourf() does not enforce size compatibility

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Fri 06 Oct 2017 11:46:04 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Missed Error or Warning
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  William Rosenthal Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Closed Release:  * 4.2.1
Operating System:  * Any Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Tue 17 Oct 2017 04:01:47 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I checked in a changeset that does stricter validation of inputs for all the contour functions (http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/ea06ac500348).  This was done on the development branch and will be a part of the next major release (4.4.0).  But, because the change is just in an m-file, you can grab the latest copy from the Mercurial repository and put it in your local distribution if you want to see the change immediately.

Rik <rik5>
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Tue 17 Oct 2017 03:21:37 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Marking as confirmed.  Looks like the input validation needs to be tightened up.

Rik <rik5>
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Tue 17 Oct 2017 12:13:05 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Matlab 2016b


Error using contourf (line 57)
The size of X must match the size of Z or the number of columns of Z.


Anonymous
Sat 14 Oct 2017 10:26:54 PM UTC, comment #1: 

How does Matlab handle the sample code?  Does it issue an error or does it choose a padding scheme?

Rik <rik5>
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Fri 06 Oct 2017 11:46:04 AM UTC, original submission:  

ERROR: contourf(x,y,f) plots without error an array f which is smaller in at least 1 dimension than the length of the coordinate vectors x and y.

IMPACT: This results in unexpected behavior, because it is not obvious whether the function will pad the plot with white space, pad the array with zeros, or truncate the excessive x or y vector. It also is not obvious whether the function will align the array with the first or last values of the excessive x or y vector. The lack of precise input checking also allows dimension mismatch issues to persist, and makes overall debugging more difficult.

MINIMAL EXAMPLE: This code should, but does not, throw an error citing dimension mismatch between the array A and one or more of the coordinate vectors x and y:

clc, clear all, close all
A = zeros(100,99);
for j = 1:100, for k = 1:99, A(j,k) = j + 2*k; end, end
x = (1:100)';
y = (1:100)';
contourf(y,x,A), colorbar, xlabel('x'), ylabel('y')

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2017-10-17 rik5 StatusConfirmed Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2017-10-17 rik5 CategoryPlotting Octave Function
        StatusNeed Info Confirmed
        Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Any
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