Minimum and maximum values of a field in a structure array

Hi. I have a strcuture array with 10 fields. How can, I find the minumum and maximum values of a particular field f1? I tried uisng min and max commands but, they are giving wrong results.

For example,

The name of the structure array is "Test" (1 x 5000) and the field name is "growth". I want the minimum and maximum of the whole field growth.

Test(1).growth=[1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9];

Test(2).growth=[10 20 40 67];

..... so on.

I want the maximum and the minimum of the field "growth".

[madhan ravi]

Could you illustrate with a short example?

[SS]

The name of the structure array is "Test" (1 x 5000) and the field name is "growth". I want the minimum and maximum of the whole field growth.

Test(1).growth=[1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9];

Test(2).growth=[10 20 40 67];

..... so on.

I want the maximum and the minimum of the whole field growth.

Answer 1

[Bruno Luong]

arrayfun(@(s) min(s.f1), s)

[SS]

Hi. Thanks for your reply. The name of the structure is "Test" and the field name is "growth". I tried your code as follows: arrayfun(@(s) min(Test.growth), s)

It is giving the following error:

Error using min

Too many input arguments.

Error in @(s)min(Test.growth)

Did, I make any mistake in the syntax?

[Bruno Luong]

I recommend you to post your data the next time asking question. You'll save time and us too.

arrayfun(@(s) min(s.growth), Test)

[SS]

Thanks, will do it from next time onwards.