# cf.DimensionCoordinate.contiguous

`DimensionCoordinate.``contiguous`(overlap=True)

  Return True if a dimension coordinate has contiguous cells.

  A dimension coordinate is contiguous if its cell boundaries match up, or overlap, with the boundaries of adjacent cells.

  In general, it is only possible for a zero, 1 or 2 dimensional dimension coordinate with bounds to be contiguous. A size 1 dimension coordinate with any number of dimensions is always contiguous.

  An exception occurs if the dimension coordinate is multdimensional and has more than one element.

  New in version 2.0.

  Parameters: | overlap : bool, optional If False then overlapping cell boundaries are not considered contiguous. By default cell boundaries are considered contiguous.
  Returns: | out: `bool` Whether or not the dimension coordinate is contiguous.
  Raises: | ValueError: If the dimension coordinate has more than one dimension.
  Examples: |

      >>> c.hasbounds
      False
      >>> c.contiguous()
      False

      >>> print c.bounds[:, 0]
      [  0.5   1.5   2.5   3.5 ]
      >>> print c.bounds[:, 1]
      [  1.5   2.5   3.5   4.5 ]
      >>> c.contiuous()
      True

      >>> print c.bounds[:, 0]
      [  0.5   1.5   2.5   3.5 ]
      >>> print c.bounds[:, 1]
      [  2.5   3.5   4.5   5.5 ]
      >>> c.contiuous()
      True
      >>> c.contiuous(overlap=False)
      False