# How to fill an area¶

In this example, we show how to fill specified area with a given color.

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import openturns as ot


We generate a sample from a standard gaussian distribution.

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dist = ot.Normal()
dist.drawPDF()

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def linearSample(xmin,xmax,npoints):
'''Returns a sample created from a regular grid
from xmin to xmax with npoints points.'''
step = (xmax-xmin)/(npoints-1)
rg = ot.RegularGrid(xmin, step, npoints)
vertices = rg.getVertices()
return vertices

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a = 1.
b = 2.

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nplot = 100 # Number of points in the plot
x = linearSample(a,b,nplot)
y = dist.computePDF(x)


The following function uses the PolygonArray class to create a area filled with a given color.

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def drawInTheBounds(vLow,vUp,n_test):
'''
Draw the area within the bounds.
'''
palette = ot.Drawable.BuildDefaultPalette(2)
myPaletteColor = palette[1]
polyData = [[vLow[i], vLow[i+1], vUp[i+1], vUp[i]] for i in range(n_test-1)]
polygonList = [ot.Polygon(polyData[i], myPaletteColor, myPaletteColor) for i in range(n_test-1)]
boundsPoly = ot.PolygonArray(polygonList)
return boundsPoly


Compute the bounds to fill: the lower vertical bound is zero and the upper vertical bound is the PDF.

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vLow = [[x[i,0],0.] for i in range(nplot)]
vUp = [[x[i,0],y[i,0]] for i in range(nplot)]

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area = dist.computeCDF(b) - dist.computeCDF(a)

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boundsPoly = drawInTheBounds(vLow,vUp,nplot)
graph = dist.drawPDF()

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