How can I plot circles of different diameters within a square?

I need help to create code which will generate circles of different diameters within a square geometry. The circles cannot overlap. I am an amateur at using Matlab and any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

[Kevin Claytor]

This file may do what you want, or similar enough to it; http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/33213-growbubbles-maximum-radius-packing

[Neysa]

I tried running thr program but the following comments are returned. What am I doing wrong?

 function ptRads = growbubbles(ptsIn)
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Error: Function definitions are not permitted in this context.

[Kevin Claytor]

This error often occurs when functions are used as scripts. You'll want to save the function as a .m file with the same name (growbubbles.m), then you call it from the command window / your scripts with;

ptrads = growbubbles(ptsIn)

That is, you don't need the 'function' keyword when calling functions from the command window / scripts. It is used to declare a .m file as a function rather than a script.

[Neysa]

thank you very much!! i got it to work. Could you please explain what is the distance map? What exactly does the distance map give you? Is it the distances between the randomly generated points?