How to slice a two-dimensional array to get a one-dimensional array

Hi! This seems to be a simple question but I couldn't find its answer after some searching. Let

a = rand(5, 4); i = [2 4 3]; j = [1 2 3];

How do I write a slicing expression to yield the one-dimensional array [a(2, 1), a(4, 2), a(3, 3)]? The expression a(i, j) yields a 3x3 matrix, which is not what I wanted.

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Donald Liu]

I just found a solution: a(i + (j-1)*4). Are there better answers?

Thanks!

Answer 2

[drummer]

Well, this is a specific suggestion for this case.

You might implement some sort of loop for bigger cases.

a = rand(5, 4)
i = [2 4 3];
j = [1 2 3];

b = [a(i(1), j(1)) a(i(2), j(2)) a(i(3), j(3))]

So you're basically creating a array b with size (1, 3), calling each element from a by passing the indexes of i and j.

If that works, please accept the answer =)

Cheers.