Trying to build a new nx4 array from an existing nx4 array using logical values

I have a large nx4 array of quaternions (quatAB). I also have an nx1 array of energies (en) associated with the quaternions i.e. the nth quatAB corresponds to the nth en.

I have used MATLAB's islocalmin function on the energy array to return logical values. This returns a True (1) value if the energy (en) value is a local minimum, and a False if the energy is not a local minimum. After creating the nx1 array of logical values, I applied it to the en array to build a new en array of the local minimum energy values. Now, I want to do the same thing with the quaternions, but I am only getting the first column of each row, and i need all 4 columns.

min = islocalmin(en, 'MinProminence',1);

min_en = en(min);

min_quatAB = quatAB(min);

This successfully identifies the rows of the quaternions that I want to output, but when I apply the logical values, I'm only getting the first column element of each.

Answer 1

[Sulaymon Eshkabilov]

Don't use MATLAB's builtin function and comamnd names for variables, e.g.: min is builtin fcn of MATLAB.

Answer 2

[James Tursa]

Assuming quatAB is a standard numeric matrix, use your logical variable for the first index and colon for the second index:

m = islocalmin(en, 'MinProminence',1);
min_en = en(m);
min_quatAB = quatAB(m,:);