sort a cell array based on the number of rows in each cell

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Hi, I have an cell array of 6031x1 cell. each cell contain as matrix of different number of rows but with 53 columns.
i want to remove all cells with 1 or 2 rows.
i have tried to use this code to sort the cells and than delete them in a second step:
NrowsB = cellfun('size',mycellarray,1) ;
[~, ri] = sort(NrowsB);
but this does not work. Any ideas how to sort the cells or how to delete the cells directly?

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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 9 Nov 2018
Edited: Stephen23 on 9 Nov 2018
Your question is confused: you ask that you want to "sort a cell array based on the number of rows in each cell", but then later you state that you "want to remove all cells with 1 or 2 rows."
So which do you want to do: sort or delete the cell array?
Here is how you can delete those cells:
NrowsB = cellfun('size',mycellarray,1) ;
mycellarray(NrowsB<3) = []
Here is how you can sort those cells:
[~,idx] = sort(NrowsB);
mycellarray = mycellarray(idx);
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merialu
merialu on 12 Nov 2018
Yes, sorry for the confusion. Your answer is perfect though, now i know how to sort and delete. thank you.

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