Pulling a column from a matrix to a vector

I have a data set

1 0.318524 5
2 0.534064 4
3 0.0899507 3
4 0.111706 2
5 0.136293 1

That I'm trying to pull the individual columns out of to turn into vectors, after scanning the file and putting the data into a matrix. I want the result to be something along the lines of

vector1 = [1,2,3,4,5];
vector2 = [0.318524,0.534064,0.0899507,0.111706,0.136293];
vector3 = [5,4,3,2,1];

Thank you.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Try this —

M = [1 0.318524 5
2 0.534064 4
3 0.0899507 3
4 0.111706 2
5 0.136293 1];

vector1 = M(:,1)

vector1 = 5×1

1 2 3 4 5

And so for the rest.

However, I caution that as a general rule, it is best not to create individulal vectors, and instead simply index into the matrix, as needed.

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[Alexander Ketzle]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

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