Getting minimum value from an array

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Meh
Meh on 3 Apr 2012
I want to get min of A= [0, 20, 15]. Actualy I want to find the minimum excluding the zero. So in the example my answer would be 15 not zero. Finaly I want to get the index of the minimum value. What I have done so far looks like:
for i=1:size(A)
if A(i)~=0
[index,c]=find(min(A));
end
end
but it is not giving me the results I want.

Accepted Answer

Thomas
Thomas on 3 Apr 2012
try
c=min(A(A~=0))
idx=find(A==c)

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Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 3 Apr 2012
[val index] = min(A(~~A))
If you wanted the index involving zeros, find it after
index = find(A==val,1,'first')
  2 Comments
Meh
Meh on 3 Apr 2012
thanx Sean it gives the correct Value but the index is not quit correct. It gives me 2, i think it should give 3.
Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 3 Apr 2012
look at the second part. Where we calculate the index after using find.

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