Error in for loop: Index exceeds matrix dimensions.

Hi everyone! I need help with my code.I have a matrix (300x300) with some equal rows, and I need to eliminate the duplicate rows. I can't solve the error. Can anyone help me??Thank you very much!

Below I copy the part of the code with the error and a simplified example.

clear all

matrix_f=[1 2 3; 1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9; 7 8 9; 10 11 12];

for k=1:length(matrix_f(:,1))

if matrix_f(k,1)==matrix_f(k+1,1)

matrix_f(k+1,:)=[];

end

end

[VBBV]

@Me, you need to give the column dimension for the matrix in the for loop and use size function instead of length

clear all
matrix_f=[1 2 3; 1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9; 7 8 9; 10 11 12];

for k=1:size(matrix_f,2)  % give the column dimension  here 
    if   isequal(matrix_f(k,:),matrix_f(k+1,:))  % use isequal function for check
         matrix_f(k,:)=[];  % delete duplicate rows of numbers
    end
end
matrix_f  % result 

matrix_f = 4x3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Answer 1

[Aquatris]

You have essentially made two mistakes:

1. matrix_f only has 6 rows. You setup up your for loop such that k is 1 2 3 4 5 6 . When k is 6, you are trying to reach the 7th row of matrix_f, which does not exist. So your for loop should iterate from 1 to [length(matrix_f(:,1)-1].
2. Within the for loop you change the size of matrix_f by removing rows. If you want to do this type of manipulation, you should just store the index you want to remove and remove the rows once your for loop is done. Otherwise indexing becomes messed up and you will run into the same issue, trying to reach a row that does not exist.
3. You only remove rows that are next to each other.

Of course vectorizing the code is always better as in @Torsten answer.

clear all
matrix_f=[1 2 3; 1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9; 7 8 9; 10 11 12];
idx2remove = [];
for k=1:(length(matrix_f(:,1))-1)
    if   matrix_f(k,1)==matrix_f(k+1,1)
         idx2remove = [idx2remove;k];
    end
end
matrix_f(idx2remove,:) = [];
matrix_f

matrix_f = 4x3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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[Me]

Thank you very much!

Answer 2

[Torsten]

matrix_f=[1 2 3; 1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9; 7 8 9; 10 11 12];
unique(matrix_f,'stable','rows')

ans = 4x3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Note that this code will remove all duplicate rows in the matrix, not only subsequent ones.

[Me]

Many thanks to you too!