how to index a matrix by using a index matrix that has same size?

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I have a m by n data matrix and a m by n index matrix which rearranges the order of the n elements in each row of the data matrix. How can I get an indexed data matrix without using loop? Thanks.

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 30 Mar 2013
Edited: Walter Roberson on 30 Mar 2013
Use sub2ind()
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 30 Mar 2013
Oops, yes, I was concentrating on not putting an "s" in and so left out the "2" :(
Cedric
Cedric on 30 Mar 2013
I thought that you had forgotten the "s" and I ended up realizing that it was a "2" ;-)

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Anand
Anand on 30 Mar 2013
If A is your original matrix and idx is the matrix of indices, you can use logical indexing: A(idx).
Here's an example:
>> A = rand(3)
A =
0.8147 0.9134 0.2785
0.9058 0.6324 0.5469
0.1270 0.0975 0.9575
>> idx = [9 8 7;6 5 4;3 2 1]
idx =
9 8 7
6 5 4
3 2 1
>> A(idx)
ans =
0.9575 0.5469 0.2785
0.0975 0.6324 0.9134
0.1270 0.9058 0.8147
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Cedric
Cedric on 30 Mar 2013
Edited: Cedric on 30 Mar 2013
This is linear indexing actually; the idx matrix that you defined is essentially what we get after calling sub2ind() with a third arg that is a matrix of column indices for each row (different from linear index).

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Piment
Piment on 30 Mar 2013
Edited: Piment on 30 Mar 2013
to be more specific, it's something like(it's actually 300 by 5500 in my case):
A =
0.9649 0.4854 0.9157
0.1576 0.8003 0.7922
0.9706 0.1419 0.9595
0.9572 0.4218 0.6557
idx =
1 3 2
3 1 2
2 1 3
3 2 1
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Cedric
Cedric on 30 Mar 2013
Walter's answer and my illustration should work; just replace M with A and I with idx.

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