Custom Sorting Arrays in Matlab

Question

I have an array of double values containing negative and positive numbers (eg. -2.5 -4 -6 0 1 -2.4 3 7.1 5 -1). I want to sort this into smaller arrays of continuous positive and negative numbers
so from the array above, i d like to create [-2.5 -4 -6 ] [1] [-2.4] [3 7.1 5] [-1].

How do i implement this in Matlab

What happened to "0" and "-1"?

gnovice
– gnovice

2012-04-12 21:43:32 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2012 at 21:43 — gnovice
– gnovice, Commented Apr 12, 2012 at 21:43

gnovice · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-12 21:42:43Z

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Here's one way to do it:

>> A = [-2.5 -4 -6 0 1 -2.4 3 7.1 5 -1];
>> cellSizes = diff([0 find(diff(A >= 0)) numel(A)]);
>> B = mat2cell(A, 1, cellSizes)

B = 

    [1x3 double]    [1x2 double]    [-2.4000]    [1x3 double]    [-1]

You first get a logical array where A is greater than or equal to 0. Then using DIFF and FIND you get the indices where the logical array changes from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0. Add a zero to the front of that array, the length of A to the end, then take the difference again to get the size of each positive or negative segment. Finally, you can break the array up into a cell array of smaller arrays using the function MAT2CELL.

edited Apr 12, 2012 at 21:42

answered Apr 12, 2012 at 21:37

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yuk Over a year ago

Probably you should remove 0s first.

gnovice Over a year ago

@yuk: I thought maybe that was an accidental omission in the question, since there is also a -1 missing at the end. I just treated 0 as positive.

user886940 Over a year ago

thanks for your help guys, sorry about the confusion. i dint know whether 0 was positive or negative and missed -1 by chance

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