MATLAB: Iterating through multiple double arrays to find min/max value

Question

I'm currently trying to find the min/max value of 5 different 2x1 arrays of doubles on Matlab. I wrote a function below that works, returning the min and max values from all 5 arrays listed. However, it looks so long and bulky. I was wondering if there was a more efficient way of doing this?

I was thinking of making an array of arrays, but I don't want to copy all that data and waste memory just to check for a min and max value.

Any ideas on this? Thanks!

%% Finds min/max Lat values
function results = FindRanges(hObject,handles)

% Min of Latitudes
minLat = TG_Lat;
if min(handles.AC_Lats(:)) < minLat
    minLat = min(handles.AC_Lats(:));
end
if min(handles.MS_Lats(:)) < minLat
    minLat = min(handles.MS_Lats(:));
end
if min(handles.DL_Lats(:)) < minLat
    minLat = min(handles.DL_Lats(:));
end
if min(handles.PI_Lats(:)) < minLat
    minLat = min(handles.PI_Lats(:));
end
if min(handles.EM_Lats(:)) < minLat
    minLat = min(handles.EM_Lats(:));
end

% Max of Latitudes
maxLat = TG_Lat;
if max(handles.AC_Lats(:)) > maxLat
    maxLat = max(handles.AC_Lats(:));
end
if max(handles.MS_Lats(:)) > maxLat
    maxLat = max(handles.MS_Lats(:));
end
if max(handles.DL_Lats(:)) > maxLat
    maxLat = max(handles.DL_Lats(:));
end
if max(handles.PI_Lats(:)) > maxLat
    maxLat = max(handles.PI_Lats(:));
end
if max(handles.EM_Lats(:)) > maxLat
    maxLat = max(handles.EM_Lats(:));
end

results = [minLat, maxLat];

Answer 1

Copying 5 2x1 arrays is no big deal. That might even be more efficient than calling the max and min function 5 times (function call overhead is a real thing in MATLAB still). So you could do:

data = [handles.AC_Lats(:); handles.MS_Lats(:); handles.DL_Lats(:); ...
        handles.PI_Lats(:); handles.EM_Lats(:)];
results = [min(data), max(data)];

If arrays are (potentially) larger, you could do this:

minLat = min([min(handles.AC_Lats(:)), min(handles.MS_Lats(:)), min(handles.DL_Lats(:)), ...
              min(handles.PI_Lats(:)), min(handles.EM_Lats(:))]);
maxLat = max([max(handles.AC_Lats(:)), max(handles.MS_Lats(:)), max(handles.DL_Lats(:)), ...
              max(handles.PI_Lats(:)), max(handles.EM_Lats(:))]);
results = [minLat, maxLat];

This is the same thing you do, but using the built-in min and max functions instead of writing them out.

PS: I've ignored your TG_Lat, not sure what that is used for. Currently it looks like a 6th data element, but it is not described in the question text.