Creating a simple contour plot / Heat map

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I have edited this question to try to make it more clear:
As an example, I have the following arrays:
a =
1 2 3
1 2 3
b =
2 3 4
5 6 7
c =
3 4 5
6 7 8
contour(a,b,c) will give me something like this:
I want it to look like this though:
How can I fix this?
PS: Additional Confusion. On the first picture, why does the line go to put a value at (1.5,2.5)? I didnt list an (a,b) of those values together..
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José-Luis
José-Luis on 28 Aug 2014
Are you trying to get isotherms?
Andrew Reibold
Andrew Reibold on 28 Aug 2014
Edited: Andrew Reibold on 28 Aug 2014
If I call the arrays X, Y and Value instead, I just want to make a 'heat map' of Value where each value is at the corresponding 2d location (X,Y)
In the example above, I want the value 70 plotted at (0,10). I want the value 65 plotted at (.01,8) and so on. I want the values displayed via color. Planning for a colorbar on the side.

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Kelly Kearney
Kelly Kearney on 28 Aug 2014
Edited: Kelly Kearney on 28 Aug 2014
pcolor(a,b,c);
shading interp;
colorbar;
The contour function plots contour lines, i.e. lines of constant value. Your function is constant across the horizontal, hence the horizontal contour lines. The contourf function would get you a bit closer to what you want, in that it shades between contour lines. But pcolor is best for showing interpolated values between your data points.
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Andrew Reibold
Andrew Reibold on 28 Aug 2014
Edited: Andrew Reibold on 28 Aug 2014
Thanks Kelly, pretty much exactly what I was trying to do.

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