How to find the center point in this plot?

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This is my plot. How to find the center point available in this plot?
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Sabarinathan Vadivelu
Sabarinathan Vadivelu on 13 Feb 2013
Edited: Sabarinathan Vadivelu on 13 Feb 2013
I want to extract the point (x,y) that is available near the center of the square. Also, I have all (x,y) coordinates of the points available in this plot.
Sabarinathan Vadivelu
Sabarinathan Vadivelu on 13 Feb 2013
I need a point that is nearer to the center of the square.

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Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 13 Feb 2013
minx = min(x);
maxx = max(x);
centx = (minx + maxx) / 2;
miny = min(y);
maxy = max(y);
centy = (miny + maxy) / 2;
dist2 = (x - centx).^2 + (y - centy).^2;
[mindist2, idx] = min(dist2);
bestx = x(idx);
besty = y(idx);

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Thorsten
Thorsten on 12 Feb 2013
x = rand(1,100);
y = rand(1,100);
plot(x, y, 'r*')
hold on
plot(mean(x), mean(y), 'k*', 'MarkerSize', 20)
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Sabarinathan Vadivelu
Sabarinathan Vadivelu on 13 Feb 2013
I need a point that is nearer to the center of the point in the square. Not to plot an another point in the center.

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