Command to delete last row and column of a matrix

Hi,

Can anyone help me with the command to delete the last row and column of a 6 x 6 matrix?

Regards

Swati

Answer 1

[Alex Mcaulley]

A(:,end) = []; %Delete last column
A(end,:) = []; %Delete last row

Answer 2

[Bhaskar R]

your_matrix(end, :) = [];     % deletes your matrix end(last) row
your_matrix(:, end) = [];     % deletes your matrix end(last) column

[Swati Sarangi]

Hi,

Thanks for replying.

I just want to know the reason for assigning the final result to an empty matrix.

Regards

Swati

[Bhaskar R]

Its a MATLAB syntax to remove elements from the matrix. For more info read

https://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/matlab-operators-and-special-characters.html

https://in.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/matrix-indexing-in-matlab.html