mw = hmdata(125:155,:); hr = hmdata(230:260,:); set these to vectors in matlab

To set the given matrices as vectors in MATLAB, you can use the (:) operator which reshapes the matrix into a column vector.

main.m
mw_vector = mw(:);
hr_vector = hr(:);
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This will give you two column vectors mw_vector and hr_vector.