Find value in a cell array if you have its index

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I have a cell array which has vectors as cells.I have an array containing some indices.I need from that indices to find the corresponding values of the cell array.For example
A{1,1}=[35,9,45,7];
A{2,1}=[21,4,65,3,11];
A{3,1}=[14,32];
and
B=[2;5;1];
I need to get
C=[9;11;14]
Which is the faster way?
my suggestion is
for ia=1:lenght(A)
C=A{ia}(B(ia));
end

Accepted Answer

Andrei Bobrov
Andrei Bobrov on 6 May 2014
n = cellfun(@numel,A);
ii = cumsum(n);
x = [A{:}];
out = x(B+[0;ii(1:end-1)]);

More Answers (1)

Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 6 May 2014
You can use
C1=cellfun(@(x,ii) x(ii),A,num2cell(B))';
But your for loop is faster, do not forget the pre-allocation
C2=zeros(1,numel(B));
for ia=1:numel(B)
C2(1,ia)=A{ia}(B(ia));
end

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