Make entries of first row and column of matrix all equal to zero.

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I'm trying to create an nxn matrix that has all entries in the first row and column equal to zero, and also all of the diagonal entries need to be equal to zero. The other entries are random 1's and 0's. I have so far made the diagonals equal to zero but am struggling with making the first row and column equal to zero. Below is what I have so far:
n = 10;
B = randi([0,1],n,n);
v = zeros(1,n);
B = B + diag(v-diag(B));
Thanks

Answers (2)

Fabio Freschi
Fabio Freschi on 19 Jan 2020
% nullify first col
B(:,1) = 0;
%nullify first row
B(1,:) = 0;

dpb
dpb on 19 Jan 2020
Edited: dpb on 20 Jan 2020
Modestly different approach...instead of having to clear row/column, just don't write into them to start with:
N=10; % Final array size
M(2:N,2:N)=randi([0 1],N-1); % Fill lower RH block
M(1:N+1:end)=0; % Clear diagonal

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