Shifting Elements of a Vector to the right while deleting the last number

I have a vector like this:

A = [1 2 3 4 5 0 0 0]

now, I want to shift the elements to the right (lets say beginning from 3), while eliminating the last digit and replacing the 3 with a zero.

desired outcome:

A = [ 1 2 0 3 4 5 0 0]

Is there an easy command to achieve this?

Thank you very much in advance!

Answer 1

[James Tursa]

A = [1 2 3 4 5 0 0 0] % Original vector
p = 3 % index for first element to shift
z = 1 % number of spots to shift
n = numel(A)
A = [A(1:p-1) zeros(1,min(n-p+1,z)) A(p:n-z)]

A =
     1     2     3     4     5     0     0     0
p =
     3
z =
     1
n =
     8
A =
     1     2     0     3     4     5     0     0

[Clemens Mueller]

perfect! Thank you so much!