circle with circles! How can I do that?? please HELP!

hello! I want to make a big circle that has smaller circles on its periphery. how can I do that for different number of small circle? I mean, how can we make a script that asks how many small circles we wan to put on the periphery of the big circle?

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Use this function to get started:

function h = circle(x,y,r,nsegments)  

if nargin<4
    nsegments=50;
end

hold on
th = 0:2*pi/nsegments:2*pi;
xunit = r * cos(th) + x;
yunit = r * sin(th) + y;
h = plot(xunit, yunit);
hold off

end

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

The FAQ is also a good place to start: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_create_a_circle.3F

Answer 3

[Walter Roberson]

See also input() and inputdlg()