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Jame
Jame

Reputation: 3854

How to find the index of vector that corresponds with highest value of other vector?

I have a vector such as

A=[0.2 0.5 0.4 0.6]

that labels as the 

A_labels=[1 2 3 4]

and other vector B equals

B=[30 10 20]

I assume that the highest values of vector B will be assigned for highest label in A, and reduces by order. That means

30 will assign for 4
10 will assign for 2
20 will assign for 3

I will scan all element of vector B and I want to find which labels corresponding with its based on above rule. Could you help me implement that scheme in MATLAB? Thanks

A=[0.2 0.5 0.4 0.6]
A_lables=1:1:size(A,2);
B=[30 10 20];
for i=1:size(B,2)
    //Find label of A_labels corresponds with B(i)
    // Result will be [4 2 3]
end

Upvotes: 2

Views: 62

Answers (2)

Luis Mendo
Luis Mendo

Reputation: 112759

I think this does what you want. I'm assuming A_labels is sorted, as in your example.

[~, ind] = sort(B); %// sort B and get *indices* of the sorting
[~, ind] = sort(ind); %// get *rank* of each element of B
result = A_labels(end-numel(ind)+ind);

Upvotes: 3

Dan
Dan

Reputation: 45752

Not sure I've fully understood but can't you just sort B and A_labels descending and use the sort order from B as an index on the ordered A_labels?

So

[~,idx] = sort(B,'descend');
A_labels_ordered = sort(A_labels, 'descend');

result = A_labels_ordered(idx)

Upvotes: 5

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