gt, >
Determine greater than
Description
returns a logical
array or a table of logical values with elements set to logical A
> B
1
(true
) where A
is greater than
B
; otherwise, the element is logical 0
(false
). The test compares only the real part of numeric
arrays. gt
returns logical 0
(false
) where A
or B
have NaN
or undefined categorical
elements.
Examples
Test Vector Elements
Determine if vector elements are greater than a given value.
Create a numeric vector.
A = [1 12 18 7 9 11 2 15];
Test the vector for elements that are greater than 10
.
A > 10
ans = 1x8 logical array
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
The result is a vector with values of logical 1
(true
) where the elements of A
satisfy the expression.
Use the vector of logical values as an index to view the values in A
that are greater than 10
.
A(A > 10)
ans = 1×4
12 18 11 15
The result is a subset of the elements in A
.
Replace Elements of Matrix
Create a matrix.
A = magic(4)
A = 4×4
16 2 3 13
5 11 10 8
9 7 6 12
4 14 15 1
Replace all values greater than 9
with the value 10
.
A(A > 9) = 10
A = 4×4
10 2 3 10
5 10 10 8
9 7 6 10
4 10 10 1
The result is a new matrix whose largest element is 10
.
Compare Values in Categorical Array
Create an ordinal categorical array.
A = categorical({'large' 'medium' 'small'; 'medium' ... 'small' 'large'},{'small' 'medium' 'large'},'Ordinal',1)
A = 2x3 categorical
large medium small
medium small large
The array has three categories: 'small'
, 'medium'
, and 'large'
.
Find all values greater than the category 'medium'
.
A > 'medium'
ans = 2x3 logical array
1 0 0
0 0 1
A value of logical 1
(true
) indicates a value greater than the category 'medium'
.
Compare the rows of A
.
A(1,:) > A(2,:)
ans = 1x3 logical array
1 1 0
The function returns logical 1
(true
) where the first row has a category value greater than the second row.
Test Complex Numbers
Create a vector of complex numbers.
A = [1+i 2-2i 1+3i 1-2i 5-i];
Find the values that are greater than 2
.
A(A > 2)
ans = 5.0000 - 1.0000i
gt
compares only the real part of the elements in A
.
Use abs
to find which elements are outside a radius of 2
from the origin.
A(abs(A) > 2)
ans = 1×4 complex
2.0000 - 2.0000i 1.0000 + 3.0000i 1.0000 - 2.0000i 5.0000 - 1.0000i
The result has more elements since abs
accounts for the imaginary part of the numbers.
Compare Dates
Create a vector of dates.
A = datetime([2014,05,01;2014,05,31])
A = 2x1 datetime
01-May-2014
31-May-2014
Find the dates that occur after May 10, 2014.
A(A > '2014-05-10')
ans = datetime
31-May-2014
Compare Tables
Since R2023a
Create two tables and compare them. The row names (if present in both) and variable names must be the same, but do not need to be in the same orders. Rows and variables of the output are in the same orders as the first input.
A = table([1;2],[3;4],VariableNames=["V1","V2"],RowNames=["R1","R2"])
A=2×2 table
V1 V2
__ __
R1 1 3
R2 2 4
B = table([4;2],[3;1],VariableNames=["V2","V1"],RowNames=["R2","R1"])
B=2×2 table
V2 V1
__ __
R2 4 3
R1 2 1
A > B
ans=2×2 table
V1 V2
_____ _____
R1 false true
R2 false false
Input Arguments
A
, B
— Operands
scalars | vectors | matrices | multidimensional arrays | tables | timetables
Operands, specified as scalars, vectors, matrices, multidimensional arrays, tables, or
timetables. Inputs A
and B
must either be the same
size or have sizes that are compatible (for example, A
is an
M
-by-N
matrix and B
is a
scalar or 1
-by-N
row vector). For more
information, see Compatible Array Sizes for Basic Operations.
You can compare numeric inputs of any type, and the comparison does not suffer loss of precision due to type conversion.
If one input is an ordinal
categorical
array, the other input can be an ordinalcategorical
array, a cell array of character vectors, or a single character vector. A single character vector expands into a cell array of character vectors of the same size as the other input. If both inputs are ordinalcategorical
arrays, they must have the same sets of categories, including their order. See Compare Categorical Array Elements for more details.If one input is a
datetime
array, the other input can be adatetime
array, a character vector, or a cell array of character vectors.If one input is a
duration
array, the other input can be aduration
array or a numeric array. The operator treats each numeric value as a number of standard 24-hour days.If one input is a string array, the other input can be a string array, a character vector, or a cell array of character vectors. The corresponding elements of
A
andB
are compared lexicographically.
Inputs that are tables or timetables must meet the following conditions: (since R2023a)
If an input is a table or timetable, then all its variables must have data types that support the operation.
If only one input is a table or timetable, then the other input must be a numeric or logical array.
If both inputs are tables or timetables, then:
Both inputs must have the same size, or one of them must be a one-row table.
Both inputs must have variables with the same names. However, the variables in each input can be in a different order.
If both inputs are tables and they both have row names, then their row names must be the same. However, the row names in each input can be in a different order.
If both inputs are timetables, then their row times must be the same. However, the row times in each input can be in a different order.
Data Types: single
| double
| int8
| int16
| int32
| int64
| uint8
| uint16
| uint32
| uint64
| logical
| char
| string
| categorical
| datetime
| duration
| table
| timetable
Complex Number Support: Yes
Extended Capabilities
Tall Arrays
Calculate with arrays that have more rows than fit in memory.
The
gt
function fully supports tall arrays. For more information,
see Tall Arrays.
C/C++ Code Generation
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HDL Code Generation
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Thread-Based Environment
Run code in the background using MATLAB® backgroundPool
or accelerate code with Parallel Computing Toolbox™ ThreadPool
.
This function fully supports thread-based environments. For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions in Thread-Based Environment.
GPU Arrays
Accelerate code by running on a graphics processing unit (GPU) using Parallel Computing Toolbox™.
The gt
function
fully supports GPU arrays. To run the function on a GPU, specify the input data as a gpuArray
(Parallel Computing Toolbox). For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions on a GPU (Parallel Computing Toolbox).
Distributed Arrays
Partition large arrays across the combined memory of your cluster using Parallel Computing Toolbox™.
This function fully supports distributed arrays. For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions with Distributed Arrays (Parallel Computing Toolbox).
Version History
Introduced before R2006aR2023a: Perform operations directly on tables and timetables
The gt
operator supports operations directly on tables and
timetables without indexing to access their variables. All variables must have data types
that support the operation. For more information, see Direct Calculations on Tables and Timetables.
R2020b: Implicit expansion change affects ordinal categorical
arrays, datetime
arrays, and duration
arrays
Starting in R2020b, gt
supports implicit expansion when the
arguments are ordinal categorical
arrays, datetime
arrays, or duration
arrays. Between R2020a and R2016b, implicit expansion
was supported only for numeric and string data types.
R2016b: Implicit expansion change affects arguments for operators
Starting in R2016b with the addition of implicit expansion, some combinations of arguments for basic operations that previously returned errors now produce results. For example, you previously could not add a row and a column vector, but those operands are now valid for addition. In other words, an expression like [1 2] + [1; 2]
previously returned a size mismatch error, but now it executes.
If your code uses element-wise operators and relies on the errors that MATLAB® previously returned for mismatched sizes, particularly within a try
/catch
block, then your code might no longer catch those errors.
For more information on the required input sizes for basic array operations, see Compatible Array Sizes for Basic Operations.
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