How to extract number of matrices with all elements zero and the indexes of those matrices in a struct
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Hi
I want to obtain the number of zero or nonzero matrices and their indexes in a struct like in the figure on the left. I am trying to check the cov named matrix in the right figure which are in all 1x1 struct cells on the left figure.
Thank you
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Voss
on 16 Jan 2023
% making up some data like yours:
gridcell_meancov = struct('grid',struct('mean',num2cell(rand(12,6)),'cov',squeeze(num2cell(randi([0 1],[2 2 12 6]),[1 2]))))
gridcell_meancov(1).grid
% obtain which "cov" matrices are all zero:
cov_all_zero = ~cellfun(@(x)any(x,'all'),{gridcell_meancov(1).grid.cov})
% the number of all-zero cov matrices:
n_all_zero = nnz(cov_all_zero)
% the indexes of those all-zero cov matrices:
idx_all_zero = find(cov_all_zero)
% the number of not-all-zero cov matrices:
n_not_all_zero = nnz(~cov_all_zero)
% the indexes of those not-all-zero cov matrices:
idx_not_all_zero = find(~cov_all_zero)
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Paul
on 16 Jan 2023
Hi Abdullah,
The Question use the term "cell" but it looks like the data only uses structures. If that's the case, then ....
Create some example data
gridcell_meancov(1).grid(1,1).mean = 0;
gridcell_meancov(1).grid(1,1).cov = zeros(2);
gridcell_meancov(1).grid(1,2).mean = 0;
gridcell_meancov(1).grid(1,2).cov = eye(2);
gridcell_meancov(1).grid(2,1).mean = 0;
gridcell_meancov(1).grid(2,1).cov = zeros(2);
gridcell_meancov(1).grid(2,2).mean = 0;
gridcell_meancov(1).grid(2,2).cov = eye(2);
The result
sum(arrayfun(@(S) all(S.cov==0,'all') ,gridcell_meancov(1).grid),'all')
If I've misinterpreted the arrangment of the data, then post a small example that illustrates the data you have.
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