Match strings from 2 tables

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SChow
SChow on 18 Feb 2020
Commented: SChow on 18 Feb 2020
Hi, I have 2 tables example:
TA=
'Name' 'Code'
'AFG' 120
'CAN' 210
'BER' 121
'FIJ' 910
'KOS' 991
'HAW' 101
'CHN' 211
TB=
'Name' 'Value'
'AFG' 0.5
'CAN' 1.2
'BER' 2.1
'FIJ' 9.1
'CHN' 0.2
'HAW' 1.6
I need a table TC in order of TA but containg the corresponding value from TB
'Name' 'Code' 'Value'
'AFG' 120 0.5
'CAN' 210 1.2
'BER' 121 2.1
'FIJ' 910 9.1
'KOS' 991 NaN
'HAW' 101 1.6
'CHN' 211 0.2
I know I need to use the ismember function for this, but not sure how to implement it here

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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 18 Feb 2020
Edited: Stephen23 on 18 Feb 2020
Method one: outerjoin (TC rows may be in a different order to TA):
>> TC = outerjoin(TA,TB,'MergeKeys',true)
TC =
Name Code Value
_____ ____ _____
'AFG' 120 0.5
'BER' 121 2.1
'CAN' 210 1.2
'CHN' 211 0.2
'FIJ' 910 9.1
'HAW' 101 1.6
'KOS' 991 NaN
Method two: outerjoin (TC rows are in the same order as TA):
>> [TC,idx] = outerjoin(TA,TB,'MergeKeys',true);
>> [~,idy] = sort(idx);
>> TC = TC(idy,:)
TC =
Name Code Value
_____ ____ _____
'AFG' 120 0.5
'CAN' 210 1.2
'BER' 121 2.1
'FIJ' 910 9.1
'KOS' 991 NaN
'HAW' 101 1.6
'CHN' 211 0.2
Method three: ismember (TC rows are in the same order as TA):
>> TC = TA;
>> TC{:,'Value'} = NaN;
>> [X,Y] = ismember(TA.Name,TB.Name);
>> TC.Value(X) = TB.Value(Y(X))
TC =
Name Code Value
_____ ____ _____
'AFG' 120 0.5
'CAN' 210 1.2
'BER' 121 2.1
'FIJ' 910 9.1
'KOS' 991 NaN
'HAW' 101 1.6
'CHN' 211 0.2

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