how to delete rows of the character '' from a column or column vector
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    AbelM Kusemererwa
 on 22 Jun 2015
  
    
    
    
    
    Commented: AbelM Kusemererwa
 on 22 Jun 2015
            how to delete rows of the character '' from a column or column vector
e.g column_vector={'2';'3';'';'54';'';'';'';'4';'19'} to become column_vector={'2';'3';'54';'4';'19'}
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  Guillaume
      
      
 on 22 Jun 2015
				
      Edited: Guillaume
      
      
 on 22 Jun 2015
  
			if the column_vector is a cell array as in the example provided, then the '' character is not a character at all, but an empty string which is detected by isempty. See Azzi's answer.
if the column_vector is a truly a column vector, it is a char array. Then the '' character may very well be a character which can be removed according to James' answer.
Using proper terminology helps in getting the right answer.
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  Azzi Abdelmalek
      
      
 on 22 Jun 2015
        s={'' ;12;'';'5 '; '6';' abc';'rt';;''}
s(cellfun(@isempty,s))=[]
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  Azzi Abdelmalek
      
      
 on 22 Jun 2015
				
      Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek
      
      
 on 22 Jun 2015
  
			It's Azzi, not Aziz. post a sample of this column
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