String comparison in cell arrays

Hi, I need to match two cell arrays and need to get matched rows only remaining values i want to make it as empty cells. I am attaching the sample code here. Please let me know if any one knows

filt_data={'PID';'data';'new';'world'};
dat={'1';'2';'3';'4'};
Table1=[filt_data,dat]
ma={'PID';'new';'world'}
for i = 1:size(Table1)
    a = Table1(i,1)
    for j = 1:size(ma)
        b = ma(j,1)
        c = strcmp(a,b)
          if c==1
           Table1{i,1}=ma{j,1};
          else
             Table1{i,1}={};             
          end
    end
end

I want the output as

Table1 ={'PID','1';'{}','{}';'new','3';'world','4'}

Answer 1

[Jan]

filt_data = {'PID';'data';'new';'world'};
dat       = {'1';'2';'3';'4'};
ma        = {'PID';'new';'world'};

match  = ismember(filt_data, ma);
Table1 = cell(numel(file_data), 2);
Table1(:) = {'{}'};  % Do you really what the char vector '{}'?!
Table(match, 1) = filt_data(match);
Table(match, 2) = dat(match);

Your text mentions "make it as empty cells", but in your example you use the char vector '{}'. I cannot guess, what you really want.

Alternatively:

Table1 = [filt_data(:), dat(:)];
match  = ismember(filt_data, ma);
Table1(~match, :) = {'{}'};   % Or: {[]}, or {{}};

[Haritha]

Thanks a lot