making continual statement(?) without typing entire elements

X,Y,Z are data,

a,b,c,n are numbers (a+b+c=n),

X is 5xa double, Y is 5x(b+c) double, and Z is 1xn double data.

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How can I make this without typing entire elements?

A = find(X(:,1)==Z(1) & X(:,2)==Z(2) & ... & X(:,a)==Z(a)) &
    ... Y(:,b)==Z(a+1) & Y(:,b+1)==Z(a+2) & ... & Y(:,b+c)==Z(n));

Many thanks to all!

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

Transpose X and Y then use the ismember or ismembertol functions.