Find maximum of all rows without a for-loop?

Hi,

I am relatively new to Matlab and only used to work with for-loops which I've already used succesfully to find the maximum in each row of my three column vectors (300X1):

for i=1:length(value_A)
    test(i) = max([value_A(i),value_B(i),value_C(i)]);
end

Since this is not a very elegant and efficient way (for loop) I'm wondering how I can achieve the same result without a for loop.

Many thank in advance!

[Stephen23]

" ...three row vectors (300X1)"

A row vector has size 1xN

A column vector has size Nx1

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/learn_matlab/matrices-and-arrays.html

[buhmatlab]

Sorry, my bad: column vector is correct

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

Assuming that your three vectors have size 1xN (i.e. row vectors):

M = [value_A;value_B;value_C];
T = max(M,[],1)

Assuming that your three vectors have size Nx1 (i.e. column vectors):

M = [value_A,value_B,value_C];
T = max(M,[],2)

For vectors of any orientation:

M = [value_A(:),value_B(:),value_C(:)];
T = max(M,[],2)

[buhmatlab]

Thank you! Sorry I meant column vector, edited the original question.