How can I repeat this shape NxN times with a certain spacing between repeated shapes?

I attached a shape of square that I need to repeat NxN times to form basically an array. I need to have spacing between shapes as an option as well.

Thank you in advance

[Rik]

Probably the easiest way is to create an array for one of the corners and then use a loop to create all objects based on that coordinate offset.

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x1=0.25;
x2=.75;
y1=0.25;
y2=.75;
x = [x1, x2, x2, x1, x1];
y = [y1, y1, y2, y2, y1];
plot(x, y, 'b-');
xlim([-1, 2]);
ylim([-1, 2]);
patch(x,y,'b')

Here is my code for the square. How can I make an array with one of the corners?

Thank you!!

Answer 1

[Rik]

Make the coordinates depend on x1 and y1:

x1=0.25;
y1=0.25;
draw_line_and_patch(x1,y1)

function draw_line_and_patch(x1,y1,width,height,ax)
if nargin<3,width=0.5;end
if nargin<4,height=0.5;end
if nargin<5,ax=gca;end%create axes object if missing
x2=x1+width;
y2=y1+height;
x = [x1, x2, x2, x1, x1];
y = [y1, y1, y2, y2, y1];
plot(x, y, 'b-','Parent',ax);
xlim(ax,[-1, 2]);
ylim(ax,[-1, 2]);
patch(x,y,'b','Parent',ax)
end

Now you have a function that creates a box for you, you can easily loop through a grid of coordinates you create with meshgrid, ndgrid, or any way you prefer.