How to remove rows?

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Justyna Slawska
Justyna Slawska on 15 Dec 2016
Answered: Steven Lord on 15 Dec 2016
mydata = importdata('data.txt'); A=mydata;
nRows = size(A, 1);
nColumns = size(A,2);
for i=1: nRows
if (nnz(A(i,:)<3540) == 15)
A(i,:)=[];
end
end

Accepted Answer

José-Luis
José-Luis on 15 Dec 2016
You don't need to loop
A(sum(A < 3540, 2) == 15,:) = [];

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Steven Lord
Steven Lord on 15 Dec 2016
If you must loop (a requirement of a homework assignment, for instance) inside the loop you should not actually delete the rows of the matrix. Instead record which rows need to be deleted and delete all of them after the loop is complete. Why?
x = 1:10;
n = numel(x);
for k = 1:n
fprintf('x contains %d elements, processing element %d of %d.\n', ...
numel(x), k, n);
if mod(x(k), 2) == 0
x(k) = [];
end
end
In this code you're shortening x every other iteration, and eventually you "walk off the end" of the array. Unlike Bugs Bunny, MATLAB notices immediately. Instead of chopping pieces off the array immediately, identify which pieces need to be removed then remove then once identification is complete.
x = 1:10;
n = numel(x);
toBeDeleted = false(size(x));
for k = 1:n
fprintf('x contains %d elements, processing element %d of %d.\n', ...
numel(x), k, n);
if mod(x(k), 2) == 0
toBeDeleted(k) = true;
end
end
x(toBeDeleted) = []

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