Listing elements from one matrix to another

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Hello all,
I have a 500 by 1500 matrix.
As an example I got A, a 3 by 9 matrix. The elements displayed are coordinates in form of x y z x y z ...
A = [ 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0; 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0; 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 ];
I want all relevant elements (x/=0) now listed as below. Also, I do not want any row containg only zeros.
B = [2 1 0; 1 2 0; 3 2 0; 2 3 1]
The order is not important. It is just important that these x y z coordinates stick together and every new point gets a new row.
What I got so far is following code.
for i=1:size(A,1)
for j=1:3:size(A,2)-2
if A(i,j)>0
B(:,j)=A(i,j);
B(:,j+1)=A(i,j+1);
B(:,j+2)=A(i,j+2);
else ;
end
end
end
As a result I get following code below.
B = [1 2 0 2 3 1 3 2 0]
I noticed, that this loop is overwriting numbers of prevoius rows in the same column.
Kind Regards

Accepted Answer

Gatech AE
Gatech AE on 10 Dec 2019
The formatting in the example you gave us did not translate well; however, the best way to do this can avoid for loops entirely. Using the dimensions of the true matrix, where the columns are a multiple of three, we can do the following.
% Create a column vector of all x,y,z values regardless of matrix size
x = reshape(A(:,1:3:end),[],1);
y = reshape(A(:,2:3:end),[],1);
z = reshape(A(:,3:3:end),[],1);
% Clean up cases where x = 0 with logical indexing, and B is the result of concatenation
mask = x~=0;
B = [x(mask) y(mask) z(mask)];
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Enthusiasten
Enthusiasten on 11 Dec 2019
Edited: Enthusiasten on 11 Dec 2019
Thanks four your answer and your explanation. It worked perfectly. I know this was an easy question, but since my brain stuck in for-loops, I forgot to think 'out of the box'.

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JESUS DAVID ARIZA ROYETH
JESUS DAVID ARIZA ROYETH on 10 Dec 2019
A = [0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0; 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0; 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0];
B=reshape(A',3,[])';
B(sum(B,2)==0,:)=[]
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Enthusiasten
Enthusiasten on 11 Dec 2019
Thanks four your answer! It worked like 'Gatech AE' answer perfectly.

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