custom reshaping of multidimensional arrays

I have a multidimensional array in the form VOLD(X,Y,TIME,Z,VAR) such as VOLD(128,128,25,17,4). How can I reshape the array in the most efficient and MATLAB-friendly way so that it is in the form VNEW(X,Y,Z,VAR,TIME) such as VNEW(128,128,17,4,25)?

There should be a better way than:

VNEW=zeros(128,128,17,4,25);  

for i=1:25  
    for j=1:17  
        VNEW(:,:,j,1,i)=VOLD(:,:,i,j,1);
        VNEW(:,:,j,2,i)=VOLD(:,:,i,j,2);
        VNEW(:,:,j,3,i)=VOLD(:,:,i,j,3);
        VNEW(:,:,j,4,i)=VOLD(:,:,i,j,4);
    end
end

Thank you, Ahmad

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

so?

VNEW = permute(VOLD,[1 2 4 5 3]);