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ContourLines

is an option for contour plots that specifies whether to draw explicit contour lines.

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ContourLines

As of Version 6.0, ContourLines has been superseded by settings for ContourStyle.

ContourLines

is an option for contour plots that specifies whether to draw explicit contour lines.

Details

  • ContourLines->True draws contour lines. ContourLines->False does not.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Use ContourStyle to control the appearance of contour lines:

Wolfram Research (1991), ContourLines, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourLines.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1991), ContourLines, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourLines.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "ContourLines." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourLines.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). ContourLines. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourLines.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_contourlines, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ContourLines}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourLines.html}", note=[Accessed: 28-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_contourlines, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ContourLines}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourLines.html}, note=[Accessed: 28-August-2025]}