deleting all the empty rows

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antonet
antonet on 13 Jul 2012
Edited: Stephen23 on 25 Sep 2014
Dear all,
I have
[N,T,R]]=xlsread(name);
I want to erase all the empty rows in T.
I suggest
T( all(cellfun(@isempty,T),2), : ) = [];
Am i correct?
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antonet
antonet on 13 Jul 2012
cheers per
Stephen23
Stephen23 on 25 Sep 2014
Edited: Stephen23 on 25 Sep 2014
A little speed-up that is sometimes worth keeping in mind:
T(all(cellfun('isempty',T),2),:) = [];
There are some special cases (which run faster), where the functions can be supplied as a string. See the cellfun docs for more info.

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Greg Heath
Greg Heath on 13 Jul 2012
I don't think MATLAB allows empty rows or columns
>> A = [ 1 2 3; [] [] [] ; 7 8 9 ]
A = 1 2 3
7 8 9
>> A = [ 1 [] 3; 4 [] 6; 7 [] 9 ]
A = 1 3
4 6
7 9
>> A = [ [] 2 3; 4 [] 6; 7 8 [] ]
A = 2 3
4 6
7 8
Hope this helps.
Greg
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Nirmal
Nirmal on 13 Jul 2012
Edited: Nirmal on 13 Jul 2012
T in this case is cell array not the matrix and the cell can have empty string.
Greg Heath
Greg Heath on 25 Sep 2014
Correct:
>> A = { 1 2 3; [] [] [] ; 7 8 9 }, B = { 1 [] 3; 4 [] 6; 7 [] 9 }, C = { [] 2 3; 4 [] 6; 7 8 [] }
A = [1] [2] [3]
[] [] []
[7] [8] [9]
B = [1] [] [3]
[4] [] [6]
[7] [] [9]
C = [] [2] [3]
[4] [] [6]
[7] [8] []

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