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dpb
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Re: Removing rows from a matrix until a condition is met
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Feb 28, 2013 1:41 PM
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On 2/28/2013 11:26 AM, Dave Williams wrote:
> I want to remove rows from a matrix until a certain condition is met. I
> want to do this from both the top and the bottom of the matrix....
>
> i.e.
>
> 3 4 8 3
> 4 6 9 4
> 4 0 7 4
> 2 1 6 5
> 6 0 9 3
> 7 0 8 2
> 4 2 5 1
>
> I want the matrix restricted so that column 2 is always 0 in the first
> and last rows. The size of the matrix will vary. In this case the result
> would be:
>
> 4 0 7 4
> 2 1 6 5
> 6 0 9 3
> 7 0 8 2
>
> So the first two rows and the last row are removed
"Straightahead" solution--
>> ix=~all(x,2);
>> i1=find(ix,1,'first');i2=find(ix,1,'last');
>> ix(i1:i2)=true;
>> y=x(ix,:)
y =
4 0 7 4
2 1 6 5
6 0 9 3
7 0 8 2
>>
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