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simple if-then-else question

I have a fairly long (13956 X 1) array as a component of a struct that contains a few negative values. I need to replace the negative values with zero. I thought that this would be a good case for an if statement. However, I must be using the wrong syntax.

I tried:

if struct.x < 0
struct.x = 0
end

would do it. But I was wrong. Can anyone tell what I missed?

Thanks.

Kirk wrote:
> I have a fairly long (13956 X 1) array as a component of a struct that contains a
> few negative values. I need to replace the negative values with zero. I thought that
> this would be a good case for an if statement. However, I must be using the wrong syntax.
 
> I tried:
 
> if struct.x < 0
> struct.x = 0
> end
 
> would do it. But I was wrong. Can anyone tell what I missed?

struct.x(struct.x < 0) = 0;

Or,

struct.x = max(struct.x, zeros(size(struct.x)));

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If the array is part of a struct, you need to address that field.

struct.array = round(rand(3)*5)-round(rand(3)*5)
struct.array(struct.array<0)=0




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"Kirk" <kwythers.nospam@umn.edu> wrote in message <gl56em$51p$1@fred.mathworks.com>...

> if struct.x < 0

This if-block will get executed only if ALL elements of struct.x are <0.

What you want is

struct.x(struct.x<0)=0;

> > if struct.x < 0
>
> This if-block will get executed only if ALL elements of struct.x are <0.
>
> What you want is
>
> struct.x(struct.x<0)=0;
>

Thanks everyone.

Would the interpretation of the above code be something along the lines of:

"set all elements that are < 0, in struct.x equal to 0"?

"Kirk" <kwythers.nospam@umn.edu> wrote in message <gl5bv1$rv2$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>
> > > if struct.x < 0
> >
> > This if-block will get executed only if ALL elements of struct.x are <0.
> >
> > What you want is
> >
> > struct.x(struct.x<0)=0;
> >
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Would the interpretation of the above code be something along the lines of:
>
> "set all elements that are < 0, in struct.x equal to 0"?
>
>
Yes, that's true. It reads:
All elements of struct.x which fullfill the criterion 'struct.x < 0' are set to zero.