MATLAB: Detecting length and number of occurrences in a logical array

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EX:
array1 = [0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1]
I want to extract the number of times of consecutive 1's in a separate array eg: array2 = [4 2 6 1], where the length of array 2 is equal to the amount of groups of consecutive 1s and the values is the length of the chain of 1s. I also want to ensure that at 1's at the beginning and end of the arrays are captured.

Best Answer

Download Jan's RunLength utility from the File Exchange. It will do exactly what you want.
array1 = [0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1];
[b n] = RunLength(array1);
array2 = n(b==1)
array2 =
     4     2     6     1
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