array manipulation using location

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Hello, I have an array X and another array Y which has some of the indices in array X. I need a new array which will have the X value in the corresponding Y element(index location in X) and zero otherwise. can anybody help me? this is what I tried but it's not working. I'm only getting one value.
X=[11 22 51 28 93 11 124 153 165 176 17 18 19 20];
iY=[1 3 5 9];
for m=1:length(X)
for n=1:length(iY)
if m~=iY(n)
combined_matrix(m)=0;
elseif m==iY(n)
combined_matrix(m)=X(iY(n));
end
end
end

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Birdman
Birdman on 25 Dec 2017
Edited: Birdman on 25 Dec 2017
Do you mean this?
X(~ismember(1:numel(X),iY))=0
  3 Comments
Birdman
Birdman on 26 Dec 2017
Edited: Birdman on 26 Dec 2017
Yes but you should avoid using for loops while you can. My solution is really simple. Of course preallocation is something you should do for that case but for loop is not necessary here.
SSG_newbiecoder
SSG_newbiecoder on 26 Dec 2017
Edited: SSG_newbiecoder on 26 Dec 2017
@Birdman OK,thank you..

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