How to remove particular row

I have the folloing table:

    Tool1  Mek  Ar  10.0   40.5 
    Tool1  Lahi  BM2  13.0   89.4 
    Tool1  Ar  Ar  34.0   67.8 
    Tool1  Puni  Raj  41.0   89.9 
    Tool1  Jak  Ar  20.0   78.3 
    Tool1  Lahi  Lahi  12.0   99.0 
    Tool1  N2  BM2  14.0   89.0 
    Tool1  Ar  Mek  25.0   95.7 
    Tool1  Puni  Puni  17.0   90.6 
    Tool1  Raj  Jak  20.0   100.0

uncommon list:

Ar
BM2
N2

I want to remove a particular row if:
1. If the name in second column & third column (of any row) is equal (I mean same)
2. If the name in third column (of any row) belongs to uncommon list

Many thanks in advance.

[Image Analyst]

Is it a table (hopefully), or a cell array? If it's a cell array, you should really use a table instead because they're easier to deal with, faster, and take up a lot less memory. Let me know if you don't even know the difference between a table (which was introduced in R2013b) and a cell array.

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

If A is your cell array and b the uncomon list

A={'Tool1'  'Mek'  'Ar'  10.0   40.5 
  'Tool1'  'Lahi'  'BM2'  13.0   89.4 
  'Tool1'  'Ar'   'Ar'  34.0   67.8 
  'Tool1'  'Puni'  'Raj'  41.0   89.9 
  'Tool1'  'Jak'  'Ar'  20.0   78.3 
  'Tool1'  'Lahi'  'Lahi'  12.0   99.0 
  'Tool1'  'N2'  'BM2'  14.0   89.0 
  'Tool1'  'Ar'  'Mek'  25.0   95.7 
  'Tool1'  'Puni'  'Puni'  17.0   90.6 
  'Tool1'  'Raj'  'Jak'  20.0   100.0 }
b={'Ar';'BM2';'N2'}
ii=cellfun(@(x,y) isequal(x,y) & any(ismember(b,y)),A(:,2),A(:,3))
A(ii,:)=[]

[Kanakaiah Jakkula]

Sir, I getting the answer as below as per your code:

Tool1  Mek  Ar
Tool1  Lahi  BM2
Tool1  Puni  Raj
Tool1  Jak  Ar
Tool1  Lahi  Lahi
Tool1  N2  BM2
Tool1  Ar  Mek
Tool1  Puni  Puni
Tool1  Raj  Jak

But in rows 1,2,3,5,&7 of third column belongs to uncommon list (so the rows 1,2,3,5,7 should be removed), and in rows 6 & 9 the names in columns 2 & 3 are equal (same), agani these rows 6&9 should be removed. Therefore, finally I should get the below answer,

Tool1  Puni  Raj  41.0   89.9 
Tool1  Ar  Mek  25.0   95.7 
Tool1  Raj  Jak  20.0   100.0

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

You have to clarify your question (condition 1 & condition 2) or (condition 1 & condition 2)

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

In your last comment, we understand that the condition is (condition 1 | condition 2). The solution will be

ii=cellfun(@(x,y) isequal(x,y) | any(ismember(b,y)),A(:,2),A(:,3))
A(ii,:)=[]

[Kanakaiah Jakkula]

Sir, it works, and this is I want. But, I am sorry to say that I did not quite understand about this code. One thing I want to ask, how does it working for condition 2 that if any of the row in column 3 belongs to uncommon list, to be removed. If I want to do this for any other column, then where should I modify this code.

Many thanks so far for your kind support.