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The C++ interface for regions. More...

 array regions (const array &image, const unsigned connectivity=8)

## Detailed Description

The C++ interface for regions.

Given a binary image (with zero representing background pixels), regions computes a floating point image where each connected component is labeled from 1 to N, the total number of components in the image.

A component is defined as one or more nonzero pixels that are connected by the specified connectivity (either 4-way or 8-way) in two dimensions. The default connectivity is 8-way.

// Make a random array
const int len = 8;
array r = randn(len, len) * 10.0f;
// Convert to a binary image with thresholding
array in = (r > 5.0f);
print(in);
// in =
// 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
// 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
// 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
// 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
// 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
// 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
// 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
// 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
// Compute the label matrix using 8-way connectivity
// 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0
// 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
// 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
// 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
// 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
// 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6
// 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6
// 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0

## Function Documentation

 array af::regions ( const array & image, const unsigned connectivity = 8 )
Parameters
 [in] image Binary image, 0 = background [in] connectivity either 4 or 8 (default 8)
Returns
Labeled image (0 is background, regions are 1,2,3,..)