Find the index of given value in an array
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array = [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ];
find(array == 3);
This is clear!
I want to find fractional index when array == 2.5 or any other intermediate value.
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madhan ravi
le 10 Avr 2019
When you ask a question , make sure you give an example clearly instead of advising others how to answer the question.
Anoop M
le 12 Jan 2021
If you bother to write a comment, you can write the answer instead of advising on how to write a question.
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Stephen23
le 11 Avr 2019
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le 11 Avr 2019
Much simpler (and also works for multiple val values):
interp1(array,1:numel(array),val)
For example:
>> array = [2,4,5,7,8,9]; % a more interesting sequence.
>> val = 3.8;
>> interp1(array,1:numel(array),val)
ans = 1.9
And compared to the (very complex) accepted answer:
>> idxAboveVal = find( array >= val, 1 );
>> idxFract = idxAboveVal - ( array( idxAboveVal ) - val ) / ( array( idxAboveVal ) - array( idxAboveVal - 1 ) )
idxFract = 1.9
Note: this answer is based on the original answer by madhan ravi:
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Adam
le 12 Avr 2019
Yeah, I was originally going to give an answer based on interp1 but had a brainfade on working out how to use it for this!
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Hayden Birch
le 17 Nov 2020
Whenever I've wanted to find the index of a specific value I subtract the value of the element I want then take the min() of the abs() of that.
Array = [2,4,5,7,8,9,11,0,3.8,3,7,13]
TargetValue = 3.8;
[ZERO,i] = min(abs(Array - TargetValue))
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Adam
le 10 Avr 2019
Modifié(e) : Adam
le 10 Avr 2019
val = 2.5;
idxAboveVal = find( array >= val, 1 );
idxFract = idxAboveVal - ( array( idxAboveVal ) - val ) / ( array( idxAboveVal ) - array( idxAboveVal - 1 ) );
I'm guessing this is what you mean.
Obviously it would need error checking if idxAboveVal is 1 or empty.
There's probably neater ways to do it too, or shorter, at least!
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Adam
le 11 Avr 2019
The find function simply finds integer indices into an array that correspond to the logical expression you give it. It isn't magic. It can't find things that don't exist. Hence I used it to find the next value greater than the one you want and did the required maths from there.
You should always give an example that shows the full complexity of the question you are asking though if you want a useful answer.
Giving what people call a 'Minimum working example' is fine, but it needs to have the full complexity of what you actually want to know still, otherwise it's of no use.
A manual approach to things causes bugs if you get it wrong, not if you get it right.
Leonardo Alvarez
le 22 Jan 2020
hello
I have two series both with 52560x1 size. One is temperature and the other is time both start at 2017,1,1,00,00,00 and end at 2017,12,31,23,50,00 with a 10 minutes sample.
I want to extract both temperature and time for elements starting at 2017,4,15,00,00,00 and ending at 2017,4,30,23,50,00
Can anyone give me a hand on it
Thanks in advance
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