Find indices of one array in another array.

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I have two different sized two column arrays, like the example below:
A = [1 1; 1 2; 2 2; 2 3; 3 3; 3 4; 4 3; 4 4];
B = [1 1; 2 2; 3 3; 4 4];
Now I want to find the indices of the rows in A that are equal to B. So the answer should be:
idx_rows = [1 3 5 8]
How can I do this?
Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Birdman
Birdman on 28 Mar 2018
Edited: Birdman on 28 Mar 2018
[~,idx]=setdiff(A,B,'rows');
idx_rows=setdiff(1:size(A,1),idx)

More Answers (1)

Stephen23
Stephen23 on 28 Mar 2018
Edited: Stephen23 on 28 Mar 2018
The simplest solution is to use ismember:
>> A = [1 1; 1 2; 2 2; 2 3; 3 3; 3 4; 4 3; 4 4];
>> B = [1 1; 2 2; 3 3; 4 4];
>> [~,idx] = ismember(B,A,'rows')
idx =
1
3
5
8

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