Using the find() function to find only the first number greater than the given number.

'cell' contains numbers

I want to use the find fucntion like this >>> " find(cell>number) " but i want it to only show the first number that is greater then 'number' and not the rest of the cell.

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Here is one way:

% The threshold number
number = 2;

% Your cell. (Don't name it "cell", which is a MATLAB keyword.)
C = {[1 2]; [2 3]; [4 5]};

% For each cell, the first number greater than the threshold. If none the cell has an empty array.
N = cellfun(@(x)x(find(x>number,1)),C,'UniformOutput',false)

[Cameron Tiegs]

Sorry my mistake, the cell is actually a double array.

[Walter Roberson]

find(YourArray>number,1)

Note that this will proceed along columns, so for example,

cell = [
 0 10
 0  0
 0  0
 5  0]

then find(cell>3,1) would find the 5 rather than the 10

[Cameron Tiegs]

Thanks for the answer. I used your idea and made this, which worked :)

Index = find(C>number,1);