Finding positions of the entries of one vector in another

[hoopz]

I'm converting some code from R and I'm having trouble with a line of code that I feel like there should be a built in function for in Matlab. In R, the function is:

match(x,table)

which returns a vector of the positions of (first) matches of its first argument in its second.

So if I have two vectors:
V1 = {1,2,3,4,5,6}
V2 = {3,4,2,1,5,6}

then match(V1,V2) will return:

{4,3,1,2,5,6}


Anyone know a way I can do this same thing in Matlab without having to write my own function?

Thanks!

 

[MikeyP]

Have a look at the "intersect" function.

M

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Dr Michael F Platten