index of an array multiple same element
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How can find the index of an array element if it have element have the same value for example a=[7 8 8 2 5 6 6 2 6 8] what is the index of third 8 and 6. I used find(A==8,1, firs) this gave the first one only, and how can I know the element have more than one value.
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Stephen23
on 26 Feb 2019
>> a = [7,8,8,2,5,6,6,2,6,8];
>> U = unique(a) % the order is the same as C.
U =
2 5 6 7 8
>> [R,C] = find(U(:)==a);
>> C = accumarray(R,C,[],@(v){v});
>> C{:} % same order as U.
ans =
4
8
ans =
5
ans =
6
7
9
ans =
1
ans =
2
3
10
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Andrei Bobrov
on 25 Feb 2019
Edited: Andrei Bobrov
on 26 Feb 2019
[a1,~,ii] = unique(a,'stable');
out = [num2cell(a1(:)),accumarray(ii,(1:numel(ii))',[],@(x){sort(x)})];
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Andrei Bobrov
on 26 Feb 2019
I'm fixed my typo in answer:
[a1,~,ii] = unique(a,'stable');
out = [num2cell(a1(:)),accumarray(ii,(1:numel(ii))',[],@(x){sort(x)})];
madhan ravi
on 25 Feb 2019
Edited: madhan ravi
on 25 Feb 2019
u=unique(a);
C=arrayfun(@(x) find(a==u(x)),1:numel(u),'un',0);
%celldisp(C)
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madhan ravi
on 25 Feb 2019
If you want the order to be preserved then use 'stable' as an option in unique.
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