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'Smith' 38 'Male' true 71 176 24.547 124 93 124 93

'Johnson' 43 'Male' false 69 163 24.071 109 77 109 77

'Williams' 38 'Female' false 64 131 22.486 125 83 125 83

'Jones' 40 'Female' false 67 133 20.831 117 75 117 75

'Brown' 49 'Female' false 64 119 20.426 122 80 122 80

You also can specify locations in a table using numbers. For example, the equivalent

syntax using a number to specify location is T = movevars(T,'BMI,'After',6). It is

often more convenient to refer to variables by name.

Move Table Variable Using Indexing

As an alternative, you can move table variables by indexing. You can index into a table

using the same syntax you use for indexing into a matrix.

Move BloodPressure so that it is next to BMI.

T = T(:,[1:7 10 8 9]);

head(T,5)

ans=5×10 table

LastName Age Gender Smoker Height Weight BMI BloodPressure Systolic Diastolic

__________ ___ ________ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____________ ________ _________

'Smith' 38 'Male' true 71 176 24.547 124 93 124 93

'Johnson' 43 'Male' false 69 163 24.071 109 77 109 77

'Williams' 38 'Female' false 64 131 22.486 125 83 125 83

'Jones' 40 'Female' false 67 133 20.831 117 75 117 75

'Brown' 49 'Female' false 64 119 20.426 122 80 122 80

In a table with many variables, it is often more convenient to use the movevars function.

Delete Variables

To delete table variables, use the removevars function. Delete the Systolic and

Diastolic table variables.

T = removevars(T,{'Systolic','Diastolic'});

head(T,5)

ans=5×8 table

LastName Age Gender Smoker Height Weight BMI BloodPressure

9 Tables