removing rows containing certain values

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Seth
Seth on 28 Mar 2016
Edited: Kirby Fears on 28 Mar 2016
i have a 3X3 matrix and i want to delete rows containing values greater than a certain value and values less than another certain value, then store the deleted rows separately. These values lie on the second and third column. thank you

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Kirby Fears
Kirby Fears on 28 Mar 2016
Edited: Kirby Fears on 28 Mar 2016
Seth,
You can create logical indexes with conditional statements, and use the & for "and" as well as | for "or" to combine conditions. The resulting logical index can be used for indexing. Here's an example:
m = magic(3);
idx = (m > 8) | (m < 3);
% using "find" to identify rows where logical idx is true
[delRows,~] = find(idx);
% remove duplicates
delRows = unique(delRows);
% store deleted rows
m_toDelete = m(delRows,:);
% delete rows
m(delRows,:) = [];
Hope this helps.
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Kirby Fears
Kirby Fears on 28 Mar 2016
Edited: Kirby Fears on 28 Mar 2016
The method from Azzi's answer is more efficient:
m = magic(3);
idx = any((m > 8) | (m < 3),2);
% store deleted rows
m_toDelete = m(idx,:);
% delete rows
m(idx,:) = [];

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 28 Mar 2016
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 28 Mar 2016
A=rand(3,3)
idx=any(A<0.1 | A>0.9,2)
out=A(idx,:)
A(idx,:)=[]

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