Import arrays in a matrix

Hi everyone,

I don't find an algorithm able to solve the following problem:

I have 3 arrays which have different dimensions:

a=[1;2;3;4;5];

b=[6;7;8];

c=[9;10;11;12;13;14];

and I would like to make a matrix M in which there are there are the values of the 3 vectors in vertical so

M=1 6 9

2 7 10

3 8 11

4 12

5 13

14

If possible, I think I will obtain a matrix in which the values not present are considered as NaN or something else

Thank you :)

Answer 1

[Marco Riani]

% Please let me know if the code below is what you are looking for

a=[1;2;3;4;5];

b=[6;7;8];

c=[9;10;11;12;13;14];

maxLength=10;

M=nan(maxLength,3);

M(1:length(a),1)=a;

M(1:length(b),2)=b;

M(1:length(c),3)=c;

% M =
% 
%      1     6     9
%      2     7    10
%      3     8    11
%      4   NaN    12
%      5   NaN    13
%    NaN   NaN    14
%    NaN   NaN   NaN
%    NaN   NaN   NaN
%    NaN   NaN   NaN
%    NaN   NaN   NaN