help how can I find the minimum number and return it's index in each row?

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help how can I find the minimum number and return it's index in each row?
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maha ismail
maha ismail on 13 Nov 2014
I have a matrix not a vector and I need the minimum value except 0 and position of minimum value in each row

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Manoj
Manoj on 13 Nov 2014
a=[8,2,3,4,5];
[b,ix]=min(a);
ix gives you the positions and b gives the minimum value
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maha ismail
maha ismail on 13 Nov 2014
sorry dear I have a matrix not a vector I have a positive number and 0 I need to find the minimum value except 0 and I need to return the position of minimum value in each row ..but my program is not run..
maha ismail
maha ismail on 13 Nov 2014
dear manoj thanks alot for help me its a perfect solution but I need another update if the matrix has a zero value and the zero is the smallest value but I don't choose it I need more than zero and the smallest after zero

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Guillaume
Guillaume on 13 Nov 2014
To find the minimum of a row, use:
min(m, [], 2)
Probably, the simplest way to ignore 0s is to replace them with NaNs before calling min.
m(m == 0) = nan;
[mval, mcol] = min(m, [], 2);

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