Writing a function with variable outputs to convert a 3d matrix to 2d

Hello, so I'm very new to Matlab so my apologies if this is a very simple question. I have a 3d matrix for example sized 40x2x4. I want to be able to split this into multiple 2d matrices, so for example a = (:,1,1), b = (:,1,2), c = (:,2,1), d = (:,2,2) etc. However, the dimensions are often variable, so I'm unsure of how to create a function that will create a variable number of outputs depending on the dimensions of the input matrix. I've found varargout, but I'm unsure of if this is what I need and if it is, I'm not sure of how exactly to use it. Thanks for any help here, I really appreciate it! -Jesse

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

No. Your inner-conscience is actually telling you that you don't want to do that!

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doc mat2cell %is probably closer what you want

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Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

See blockproc() or blkproc() or mat2cell() for the splitting and processing. (You often do not need to explicitly split the matrix.)

You do not want to create a variable number of outputs for this situation, as writing an assignment statement that has a variable number of left-hand sides is an advanced MATLAB technique.