function out = mapFeature(X1, X2) % MAPFEATURE Feature mapping function to polynomial features % % MAPFEATURE(X1, X2) maps the two input features % to quadratic features used in the regularization exercise. % % Returns a new feature array with more features, comprising of % X1, X2, X1.^2, X2.^2, X1*X2, X1*X2.^2, etc.. % % Inputs X1, X2 must be the same size % degree = 6; out = ones(size(X1(:,1))); for i = 1:degree for j = 0:i out(:, end+1) = (X1.^(i-j)).*(X2.^j); end end end