Take the average of predefined consecutive values in a matrix array

Hello, I would like to calculate the average of consecutive values from a predifined number of elements from a Nx1 matrix, where N is the number of rows. For example, let's say I have a matrix with the following form (24x1):

A[1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9;10;11;12;13;14;15;16;17;18;19;20;21;22;23;24]

I want to obtain the average for every 5 elements,

B=[(1+2+3+4+5)/5; (2+3+4+5+6)/5; (3+4+5+6+7)/5;...........(20+21+22+23+24)/5]

I am chosing every 5 elements to simplify the example. But, this number can be higher than 20.

I would appreciate the help.

Answer 1

[Dyuman Joshi]

A = [1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9;10;11;12;13;14;15;16;17;18;19;20;21;22;23;24];

%Moving mean with 5 element windows, discarding the end points
B = movmean(A,5,'Endpoints','discard')

B = 20×1

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

[Jorge Luis Paredes Estacio]

Thank you very much