How to remove Nans from matrix

I have a matrix (size 123317x6), and every 128 rows I have 3 nans on the last three columns of that thoses rows. Now what I want to do is remove all the NaNs completely without removing that row or column (just the NanNs) The data on the next row then needs to be moved up to where the Nans were. I will give you a quick example.
so I want this matrix:-
M=
1 3 6 nan nan nan 4 5 4 1 3 4 1 2 2 6 3 1 1 3 4 nan nan nan 3 4 5 6 7 8
M=
1 3 6 4 5 4 1 3 4 1 2 2 6 3 1 1 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hope this example explains what I want better!
Any help would be greatly appreicated.

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek le 10 Sep 2013
Modifié(e) : Azzi Abdelmalek le 10 Sep 2013

1 vote

out=reshape(M(~isnan(M)),[],size(M,2))
Edit
M can not be reshaped unless we add some nan at the end of M
%---------Your array-------------------
M=rand(123317,6);
M(128:128:n,end-2:end)=nan;
%-----------------------------------------
n=size(M,1);
M=M(~isnan(M));
M(end:end+mod(6-mod(numel(M),6),6))=nan;
M=reshape(M,[],6);

1 commentaire

Geert
Geert le 10 Sep 2013
I like your answer more than mine. There is however a small mistake, it should be:
out=reshape(M(~isnan(M)),[],size(M,2)-3)

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Andrei Bobrov
Andrei Bobrov le 10 Sep 2013
Modifié(e) : Andrei Bobrov le 10 Sep 2013

0 votes

out = resM(M==M)
ADD
M1 = M';
out = reshape(M1(M1==M1),size(M,2),[])';
Geert
Geert le 10 Sep 2013

0 votes

If it are exactly 3 NaN's per row, you could do something like this:
M = [1 3 6 nan nan nan 4 5 4 1 3 4 1 2 2;
6 3 1 1 3 4 nan nan nan 3 4 5 6 7 8];
M_new = zeros(size(M,1), size(M,2)-3);
for ii = 1:size(M,1)
M_new(ii,:) = M(ii,~isnan( M(ii,:)));
end
Ian
Ian le 15 Sep 2013

0 votes

This for you help guys much appreciated! :)

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