MATLAB: Change Index of non-zero values in 3D array

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HI.. I have a 3D array like this:
val(:,:,1) =
     0     0     0     0     0
     0     0     0     0     0
     0     0     0     0     0
     0    22     0     0     1
     0     0     0     0     0
    33     0    -1     0     0
     0     0     0    -1     0
     0     0     0     0     0
     0     0     0     0     0
     0     0     0     0     0
The problem is that i want all values to be in same row. e.g. in val(:,:,1) it should be 33,22,-1,-1,1 in 6th row of matrix. Is there any way to do this? I am new to matlab so sorry if my question sounds awkward.

Best Answer

Here is one way.
val(:,:,1) = [
     0     0     0     0     0
     0     0     0     0     0
     0     0     0     0     0
     0    22     0     0     1
     0     0     0     0     0
    33     0    -1     0     0
     0     0     0    -1     0
     0     0     0     0     0
     0     0     0     0     0
     0     0     0     0     0];
   val(:,:,2) = [
       0     0     0     0     0
      14     0     0     0     0
       0     0     4     0     0
       0     0     0     0     1
       0     0     0     0     0
       0     0     0     0     0
       0     0     0     0     0
       0    16     0     0     0
       0     0     0     2     0
       0     0     0     0     0];
newval = zeros(size(val));
newval(6,:,:) = reshape(val(val~=0),size(val(1,:,:)));
I made up some 3D data based on your first "slice". Then, I create a newval matrix that is the same size (but all zeros), and fill in the 6th row with the non-zero values from val.
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