Copy particular column from an array

Hi I have an a matrix Y = [ 1 1 1 1 1; 2 3 4 5 6].

How do I copy just the first three values in column 2 into a new matrix

X = [2 3 4]

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Y(1:3,2)

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