MATLAB: Finding second smallest element in a row.

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I have a row
X = [441 137 594 507 417 581 312 362 263 151 472 512 129 70 298 255 442 574 289 157 0];
I want to find the second smallest (non zero) element from X along with the column number.

Best Answer

X = [441 137 594 507 417 581 312 362 263 151 472 512 129 70 298 255 442 574 289 157 0];
out=min(setdiff(X,min(X)))
or
M=sort(X)
out=M(2)