How do I turn a nxm matrix into a single array?

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hi Matlabers,
say I have a matrix
[1 2 3 4;5 6 7 8;9 10 11 12; 13 14 15 16]
how can I turn this matrix so all the rows are combined into one. one after the other.
result
[1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16]?
thanks in advance. cheers SN

Accepted Answer

Sachin Ganjare
Sachin Ganjare on 17 Oct 2012
Edited: Sachin Ganjare on 17 Oct 2012
You can use reshape command:
a= [1 2 3 4;5 6 7 8;9 10 11 12; 13 14 15 16]
b = reshape(a,1,16)
or simply
b = a(:)'
Hope it helps!!!
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Ahsan Khan
Ahsan Khan on 17 Oct 2012
thanks for all the help. but one last question, now say if I wanted to plot this in increments of 4. so it would plot columns 1:4 then i press enter and it plots 5:8... and so on. so it would look something like:
for i = 1:length(b)
plot(i,b(1:4)) % <<I KNOW THIS ISNT RIGHT...HOW DO I modify this..pls?
pause
end
am I even on the right track? thanks in advance

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manoj saini
manoj saini on 17 Oct 2012
to exact answer >>b=reshape(a',1,16) because matlab always prefer coloum element so pass a'(a transpose) for your exact output

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