MATLAB: Change column and row

Question

Hi, how can I change the positions of entire row and columns in a matrix [nxm]? For example, I want to change my entire 10th row and 10th column into entire 1st column and 1st row.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello, You can swap columns and rows quite easily in matlab. For example:

given matrix :

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

i can swap column 1 and 2 by performing this operation:

matrix(:,[1,2])=matrix(:,[2,1]);

for row 1 and 2, a similar operation is done:

matrix([1,2],:)=matrix([2,1],:);

Please be aware of the sequence in which you perform this operation, since column 10 and row 10 have 1 variable in common, if you swap columns and rows sequentialy, you will mix up that one variable.

Another (manual) approach to retain information is to make a copy of the row and column you want to swap in another variable such as:

copy_matrix=matrix(:,:);
matrix(2,:)=copy_matrix(1,:);
matrix(1,:)=copy_matrix(2,:);

Hope this helps,

Dennie