Set unique elements to 0s and 1s matlab

Dear MATLAB experts,

I'm working on a table which contains 3 variables, with only 2 unique elements per variable. I'm trying to rename the elements of the variables to 0s and 1s, setting one unique element to 0 and the other to 1. So far I have managed to set each column to dummy variables with the code below, but this is not what I'm looking for, since I just need one column per variable.

categorical_index = 1;
variables_table = table.Properties.VariableNames;
for i=1:width(le)
    le.(variables_table{i}) = dummyvar(categorical(table.(categorical_index)));
    categorical_index = categorical_index + 1;
end

I would really appreciate your help.

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Here is one way. I doubt it is the best.

% Original table with two variables
x = {'a','b','a','a','b'}.';
y = {'c','c','c','d','d'}.';
tbl = table(x,y)

tbl = 5×2 table
      x        y  
    _____    _____

    {'a'}    {'c'}
    {'b'}    {'c'}
    {'a'}    {'c'}
    {'a'}    {'d'}
    {'b'}    {'d'}

% Convert to numeric array of unique values
tbl_01 = [findgroups(tbl.x)-1, findgroups(tbl.y)-1]

tbl_01 = 5×2

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1