%% Smallest Element in Matrix
% Create a matrix A and use its column representation, A(:), to find the value and index of the smallest element.

A = [8 2 4; 7 3 9]

%

A(:)

%

[M,I] = min(A(:))

% I is the index of A(:) containing the smallest element.
%
% Now, use the ind2sub function to extract the row and column indices of A corresponding to the smallest element.

[I_row, I_col] = ind2sub(size(A),I)

%
% If you need only the minimum value of A and not its index, call the min function twice.

M = min(min(A))

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