Multidimensional Array Matlab

An array possessing more than two dimensions is called a multidimensional array in MATLAB. Multidimensional arrays in MATLAB are the extension of the normal two-dimensional matrix.

Generally to generate a multidimensional array, user should create a two-dimensional array and extend it.

This is further explained with the following example:

a = [7 9 5; 6 1 9; 4 3 2]

MATLAB will compile the above statement and return the following result −

a =

7 9 5

6 1 9

4 3 2

The array a is a 3-by-3 array; a third dimension can be added to a, by providing the values like −

a(:, :, 2)= [ 1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]

MATLAB will compile the above statement and return the result in this form −

a =

ans(:,:,1) =

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

ans(:,:,2) =

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

Multidimensional arrays can be created using the ones(), zeros() or the rand() functions.

For example,

b = rand(4,3,2)

MATLAB will execute the above statement in this way −

b(:,:,1) =

0.0344 0.7952 0.6463

0.4387 0.1869 0.7094

0.3816 0.4898 0.7547

0.7655 0.4456 0.2760

b(:,:,2) =

0.6797 0.4984 0.2238

0.6551 0.9597 0.7513

0.1626 0.3404 0.2551

0.1190 0.5853 0.5060

The cat() function can be to build multidimensional arrays. It joins a list of arrays along a specified dimension −

Syntax for the cat() function is −

B = cat(dim, A1, A2...)

Where,

B is the new array created

A1, A2, ... are the arrays to be concatenated in MATLAB

dim is the dimension along which user want to concatenate the arrays