Momocs (version 1.2.9)

coo_area: Calculates the area of a shape

Description

Calculates the area for a (non-crossing) shape.

Usage

coo_area(coo)

Arguments

coo

a matrix of (x; y) coordinates.

Value

numeric, the area.

See Also

Other coo_ descriptors: coo_angle_edge1, coo_angle_edges, coo_angle_tangent, coo_boundingbox, coo_chull, coo_circularity, coo_convexity, coo_eccentricity, coo_elongation, coo_length, coo_lw, coo_rectangularity, coo_rectilinearity, coo_solidity, coo_width

Examples

# NOT RUN {
coo_area(bot[1])
# for the distribution of the area of the bottles dataset
hist(sapply(bot$coo, coo_area), breaks=10)
# }