delete element from vector
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Majid Al-Sirafi
on 24 Sep 2012
Commented: Emma Fickett
on 29 Oct 2022
Hi everyone
how can I delete element from vector .... for example
a=[1,2,3,4,5]
how can I delete 3 from above vector to be
a=[1,2,4,5]
thank you
majid
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Hamna Ameer
on 29 Sep 2017
Edited: Hamna Ameer
on 29 Sep 2017
a(3)=[] how can i directly store this in a new vector say b?
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Daniel Shub
on 24 Sep 2012
Edited: MathWorks Support Team
on 9 Nov 2018
I can think of three ways that are all slightly different
a=[1,2,3,4,5];
If you want to get rid of all cases where a is exactly equal to 3
b = a(a~=3);
If you want to delete the third element
b = a;
b(3) = [];
or on a single line
b = a([1:2, 4:end]);
Or, as Jan suggests:
a = [2,3,1,5,4]
a(a == 3) = []
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Jan
on 24 Sep 2012
Edited: Jan
on 24 Sep 2012
a = [1,2,3,4,5]
a(3) = []
Or:
a = [2,3,1,5,4]
a(a == 3) = []
These methods are explained exhaustively in the "Getting Started" chapters of the documentation. It is strongly recommended to read them completely. The forum is not though to explain the fundamental basics. Thanks.
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irvin rynning
on 6 Dec 2021
unfortunately some of us prefer to use Matlab to solve problems in a timely manner, and cannot always engage in stackover-flow style plaudits on criticizing one's peers
masoud sistaninejad
on 23 Aug 2021
A = [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7]
B = [1 3 6]
C = setdiff(A,B)
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Emma Fickett
on 29 Oct 2022
I've scoured through so many forums trying to remove a vector of values from another vector and setdiff does exactly what I needed, thank you so much!!
Will Reeves
on 15 Feb 2022
really crude, but if you wanted to remove a row defined by and index, rather than a value, you could do something like this:
function out=removeRow(in,index)
% removes a row from an matrix
[~,n]=size(in);
if index>n || index<0
error('index needs to be within the range of the data')
else
if n==1
out=[]; % you've removed the last entry
else
% strip out the required entry
if index==1
out=in(2:end);
elseif index==n
out=in(1:end-1);
else
out=in([1:index-1 index+1:n]);
end
end
end
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