Vectorising conditional for loop

Hi,

I have a code snippet which updates one of the inputs (struct_data2) using a conditional for loop. I tried to implement a vectorised solution but couldn't achieve it. Support on how to cope with this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Mel

struct_data1 = struct_data1_root;
struct_data2 = struct_data2_root;

empty_struct_data2_idx = cellfun(@isempty, {struct_data2(:).cid}.');
match_idx = find(empty_struct_data2_idx);

for i = 1: height(struct_data1)
    cond = struct_data1(i).nid;
    if cond > 1
        count = size(match_idx, 1);
        rand_idx_id = randperm(count, cond-1);
        [struct_data2(match_idx(rand_idx_id)).cid] = deal(struct_data1(i).cid);
        match_idx = removerows(match_idx, 'ind', rand_idx_id);
    end
end

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Answer 1

[Matt J]

Perhaps as follows,

empty_struct_data2_idx = cellfun('isempty', {struct_data2(:).cid}.');
match_idx = find(empty_struct_data2_idx);


struct_data1([struct_data1.nid]<=1)=[];

CIDpool=repelem([struct_data1.cid], [struct_data1.nid]-1);

Nmatch=min(numel(match_idx), numel(CIDpool));

CIDpool=num2cell(CIDpool(1:Nmatch));

locations=randperm(numel(match_idx),Nmatch);

[struct_data2(match_idx(locations)).cid]=deal(CIDpool{:});

[Melanie VT]

Works like a charm! Thank you very much @Matt J🙏🏼