What determines the shape of a logically indexed array?

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Matlab help explains: " Logical Indexing : ... The output is always in the form of a column vector."
In practice, typing
a = ones(3,3);
b = a([true, true]);
gives a row vector b. Can someone tell me why does it behave this way? And is there any other instance (apart from indexing by one row logical vector) that gives a non-column result? Thanks, O.

Accepted Answer

Ondrej Budac
Ondrej Budac on 7 Apr 2014
Just to complete the story, the answer seems to be:
If B is a logical array and A is any array, then A(B) is equivalent (but faster) way to produce the same result as A(find(B)), including the shape of the output.

More Answers (1)

Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 3 Apr 2014
Maybe you need
a = ones(3,3);
b = a([true, true],:)
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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 3 Apr 2014
Just one question, what are you expecting with a(logical([1 0;1 1])) ? The result contains 3 elements
Ondrej Budac
Ondrej Budac on 3 Apr 2014
If I now understand logical indexing correctly, I expect a(logical([1 0;1 1])) to give a column vector with values 1, 4, 2, assuming your definition of a.

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