How to obtain nearest distance between two sets of coordinates

Hi there, I have two sets of coordinates such as

startpose = [2,1; 4,5; 6,5; 2,3; 8,9];
endpose = [7,6; 2,4; 5,4; 2,9; 1,6;];

how can I obtain the nearest distance between the "startpose" and the "endpose" so that at the end I will have 5 pair of neareast distance between the two sets, and display which are the pair? Thanks

-Chann-

Answer 1

[Matt J]

startpose = [2,1; 4,5; 6,5; 2,3; 8,9];
endpose = [7,6; 2,4; 5,4; 2,9; 1,6;];

[distance, index]=pdist2(startpose,endpose,'euc','Smallest',1);

nearestpoints = startpose(index,:)

nearestpoints = 5×2

6 5 2 3 4 5 4 5 4 5