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I have a matrix of data and with 1000 rows and 5 columns. I want to take the minimum value in each row and store that in a column that is 1000 rows long as in: I want my answer to be a column (column1= the name of the column) that is 1000 rows long and those values are the minimum value in each row from the original matrix (matrix1=name of the matrix)

Answer 1

[Dr. Seis]

a = rand(1000,5);
b = min(a,[],2);

Answer 2

[Kevin Holst]

column1 = min(mat,[],2);