Question: Create a function that takes a generic matrix, x, and finds the smallest value in the matrix.The function must work for matrices of any size and dimension.

I had a similar question to this eariler in which you were told to take inputs z and x from a function and create a matrix of dimension x or z, whichever is larger.

i was told to do something like this:

x = -100:100;

z = -100:100;

myMatrix = randi(100, max(x,z));

do i do the same here but replace the max with min?

thanks for the help.

[Geoff Hayes]

Gurinder - no, this question is different from the previous one. It is asking you to create a function whose input is a matrix (of any dimension) and the function then finds (and presumably returns) the smalles value in the matrix. So if the matrix were

[6 2 3;
 4 5 1]

then your function (when passed this matrix) would return 1 since that is the smallest value in the matrix.

Answer 1

[James Tursa]

Hint: First reshape the input x array into a 1D vector and work with that inside your function.