How can I extract rows using column values?

I'm trying to use the emnist byclass data set which includes digits and upper/lower case letters. I don't need all of the letters so I wanted to remove the unnecessary ones. The emnist set uses the first column as a label 0-61 and only need for example 0-9 and <49, 55, 11, 32, 13, 29, 30, 20, 33, 43, 24> these ones.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

classes_needed = [49, 55, 11, 32, 13, 29, 30, 20, 33, 43, 24];

mask = ismember(emnist(:,1), classes_needed);

subset = emnist(mask,:);

[Jacob Ebilane]

Worked like a charm, thank you kind sir.

Answer 2

[MJFcoNaN]

% random matrix
A=randi(50,10)

A = 10×10

17 33 20 13 5 20 1 20 34 20 26 13 43 3 14 46 22 22 24 41 29 49 17 9 50 41 48 20 17 35 11 26 20 15 4 30 50 18 35 32 22 12 1 12 40 27 25 35 4 21 12 17 44 47 7 26 46 4 50 47 21 41 40 38 6 31 4 4 26 14 23 22 42 18 20 1 23 3 8 41 28 27 29 28 4 32 5 31 49 29 6 3 27 14 26 45 15 39 14 32

% needed lines index
ind=ismember(A(:,1), [0:9, 49, 55, 11, 32, 13, 29, 30, 20, 33, 43, 24]);
% needed rows
B=A(ind, :)

B = 3×10

29 49 17 9 50 41 48 20 17 35 11 26 20 15 4 30 50 18 35 32 6 3 27 14 26 45 15 39 14 32