設原三維陣列為，用：

>> a=rand(2,3,4)

a(:,:,1) =

0.3046 0.1934 0.3028

0.1897 0.6822 0.5417

a(:,:,2) =

0.1509 0.3784 0.8537

0.6979 0.8600 0.5936

a(:,:,3) =

0.4966 0.8216 0.8180

0.8998 0.6449 0.6602

a(:,:,4) =

0.3420 0.3412 0.7271

0.2897 0.5341 0.3093

>> b=permute(a(:,1,:),[1 3 2])

b =

0.3046 0.1509 0.4966 0.3420

0.1897 0.6979 0.8998 0.2897