finding an element in an array by comparing it with another array

Question

I have a matrix

a = [ 1 'cancer'
      2 'cancer'
      3 'cancer'
      4 'noncancer'
      5 'noncancer' ]

I have another matrix with values

b = [ 4
      5
      2 ]

Now I have to compare the b matrix values with values of a and the output should be

output = [ 4  'noncancer'
           5  'noncancer'
           2  'cancer']

How can I do this in matlab ?

a is a cell array and not a matrix.

Shai
– Shai

2013-03-05 10:08:52 +00:00
Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 10:08 — Shai
– Shai, Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 10:08

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:03:21Z

5

You can use ismember:

a = { 1 'cancer'
      2 'cancer'
      3 'cancer'
      4 'noncancer'
      5 'noncancer' };

  b = [ 4
      5
      2 ];

 a(ismember([a{:,1}], b),:)

This results in

ans = 

    [2]    'cancer'   
    [4]    'noncancer'
    [5]    'noncancer'

To display the results in the order specified by b use (as requested in a follow-up question: In the same order, finding an element in an array by comparing it with another array)

[logicIDX, numIDX]  = ismember(b, [a{:,1}]);
a(numIDX, :)

This results in:

ans = 

   [4]    'noncancer'
   [5]    'noncancer'
   [2]    'cancer'

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:03

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