MATLAB: How to create a rectangular patch with a smaller rectangular section removed

Question

Hi,

How can I patch (using patch command) a rectangle with a smaller rectangular section removed? The smaller rectangle can be on the side or the center, so I don't know what the remaining patch shape will look like. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Can't you simply call patch twice, the second time with smaller size and the background color? Or did you try that already? I assume you looked up patch() in the help. So what have you tried so far that did not work? Is this homework?