How to return the smallest vector.

If I have N vectors of different length how would i isolate and return the vector of the smallest length? I dont care what the length is i just need which is the smallest one.

Answer 1

[Matt J]

If you "have them" in cell array form, then you could do something like this:

>> vectors={[3 4 5],[1,2],[5 6 7 8]}

vectors =

  1×3 cell array

    {1×3 double}    {1×2 double}    {1×4 double}

>> [~,imin]=min(cellfun('length',vectors));
>> smallest=vectors{imin}

smallest =

     1     2

[jg]

Thank you! I didnt even know cell array existed.

[Image Analyst]

Well, what form were they in? Just separate variables? If so, you need to check their lengths one at a time.

[Matt J]

Or, you will have to load them into a cell array manually,

vectors={v1,v2,v3,...}