How to look for a list insto an other list

3 views (last 30 days)
Gimpy
Gimpy on 5 Aug 2014
Answered: Sean de Wolski on 5 Aug 2014
Hi, I have the following list:
lookfor={'ab' 'cd' 'ef' 'ab' 'cd''gh' 'ij' 'ab' 'cd'}
into={'ab' 'cd' 'ef' 'gh' 'ij'}
I would like to know the colunm number for each element in "into" reults: [1 2 3 1 2...]

Sign in to answer this question.

Accepted Answer

Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 5 Aug 2014
lookf={'ab' 'cd' 'ef' 'ab' 'cd' 'gh' 'ij' 'ab' 'cd'}
into={'ab' 'cd' 'ef' 'gh' 'ij'}
[~, idx] = ismember(into,lookf)

More Answers (0)

Categories

Find more on Solar Power in Help Center and File Exchange

Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!