How do i do this?

• Check if SelectLogicalN( [-2, 3, 6; 5, 78, 44; 9, -3, -53;], [1, 0, 0; 0, 0, 1; 1, 1, 1;], 4) returns [-2; 9; -3; 44;].
• Check if SelectLogicalN( [-9, 3, 6; 2, 67, 1; 5, -4, -17; ], [ 0, 0, 0; 0, 1, 1; 1, 1, 0; ], 3) returns [5; 67; -4].
• Check if SelectLogicalN( [-1, 4, 7; -2, 5, 8; -3, 6, 9], [1, 1, 0; 1, 1, 0; 1, 1, 0;], 5) returns [-1; -2; -3; 4; 5].

[Rik]

You forgot to ask a question. The question you posted is from your instructor. You can find guidelines for posting homework on this forum here. If you have trouble with Matlab basics you may consider doing the Onramp tutorial (which is provided for free by Mathworks).

[Anita Osoh]

oh my question is how do i change an array size after indexing it?

[Rik]

Probably by indexing the result. What is it exactly you want to do? What is the input and what is the output?

Answer 1

[Rik]

Assuming that the comments in your screenshot are from the instructor guiding you through the writing of the function: I disagree with the proposed structure. What should happen if a user decides to call SelectLogicalN(rand(10,3),false(10,3),100)? The proposed structure will lead to an error, instead of simply returning a smaller vector (which is what I personally would prefer). I think this function should either return a smaller array, or trigger a custom error, telling the user what went wrong.

As for helping you solve this homework question:

I think it is better to use the logical input to determine a vector of indices. There is a built-in function that will do exactly that for you. You can even pass in the maximum number of indices. Can you figure out which function I'm referring to? Which functions do you know that take a logical input and will return the positions of true elements?