how to replace an element in a vector with another in matlab

To replace an element in a vector with another element in MATLAB, you need to provide the index of the element you want to replace and the new value to replace it with. Here is an example:

main.m
% Create a vector
v = [1 2 3 4 5];

% Replace the third element with 10
v(3) = 10;

% Print the new vector
disp(v);
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Output:

main.m
1     2    10     4     5
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In the example above, we created a vector v with five elements. We then replaced the third element (which has index 3) with the value 10 using the syntax v(3) = 10. Finally, we printed the new vector using the disp() function.

You can replace multiple elements in a vector by passing in a vector of indices and a vector of values to replace them with:

main.m
% Create a vector
v = [1 2 3 4 5];

% Replace the 2nd, 4th and 5th elements
indices = [2 4 5];
values = [10 20 30];
v(indices) = values;

% Print the new vector
disp(v);
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Output:

main.m
1    10     3    20    30
26 chars
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In this example, we used a vector of indices (indices) and a vector of values (values) to replace the 2nd, 4th and 5th elements of the v vector with 10, 20, and 30 respectively. The elements at indices 2, 4 and 5 are replaced by values 10, 20 and 30, respectively.

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