How do I check if an entire array matches the elements of another array (different size)?

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Hi!
I'm making a bingo game in which I want to display the name of the winner in a Edit Field.
I have already saved the card elements (numbers) for every person participating in the game as public variables. For example:
person1 = ([3,10,12,27,31,37,46,48,56,63,66,71,79,82,86]);
person2 = ([1,3,13,22,34,38,41,42,55,61,67,72,78,81,85]);
etc..
I'm using randperm function to call 90 numbers and storing it as in: app.num = randperm(90);
In the game, someone wins if all the numers of the array are called in sequence from the randperm function.
How can I do this by storing the sequence of the randperm function numbers in an array everytime a button is pushed and call the winner whenever someone wins?
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 9 Oct 2020
Edited: Stephen23 on 10 Oct 2020
"I have already saved the card elements (numbers) for every person participating in the game as public variables. For example:"
person1 = ([3,10,12,27,31,37,46,48,56,63,66,71,79,82,86]);
person2 = ([1,3,13,22,34,38,41,42,55,61,67,72,78,81,85]);
etc..
Numbering variables like that is a sign that you are doing something wrong. Putting meta-data (e.g. pseudo-indices or "their real names") into variable names is a sign that you are doing something wrong. Trying to access those individual variables will force you into writing slow, complex, buggy code that is difficult to debug:
The simple, efficient, recommended approach is to use indexing into one array (which could be a container array, e.g. a cell array, a table, or a structure).
Lélia van der Linden
Lélia van der Linden on 9 Oct 2020
That was actually an example...
I'm using their real names as variable names.
But thanks anyway! Learned something new.

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Mohammad Sami
Mohammad Sami on 9 Oct 2020
Edited: Mohammad Sami on 9 Oct 2020
What you need is the ismember function.
if true
[Lia,Locb] = ismember(person1, person2);
Allperson1inperson2 = all(Lia);
end
This check that values in person1 exist in person2

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