Indexing between two lists

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bene1
bene1 on 6 Dec 2020
Commented: bene1 on 6 Dec 2020
Hello. I am fairly new to Matlab and looking for some help with the logic of indexing between two lists.
Matrix A has known distances between points.
A =
% From To DistHzPub
1 2 100
1 3 400
1 4 1000
2 3 300
2 4 900
3 4 600
Matrix B has multiple measurements between the same points.
B =
% From To DistHorz
1 2 100.01
1 2 100.04
1 3 400.02
1 3 400.05
1 4 1000.03
1 4 1000.01
2 3 300.00
2 3 300.04
2 4 900.06
2 4 900.02
3 4 600.03
3 4 600.04
My goal is to match the known distances with the measurements, like this.
C =
% From To DistHzPub
1 2 100
1 2 100
1 3 400
1 3 400
1 4 1000
1 4 1000
2 3 300
2 3 300
2 4 900
2 4 900
3 4 600
3 4 600
Creating an index by hand will get me there...
idx = [1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6]'
C = A(idx,:)
... but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to generate the index dynamically. Matrix A and B are subject to change in values, size, and order. Thank you.

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Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza on 6 Dec 2020
Edited: Ameer Hamza on 6 Dec 2020
It seems that you can just use round() on the 3rd column, but since that solution is so obvious, there might be some other reason that you want another solution.
[~, idx] = ismember(B(:,1:2), A(:,1:2), 'rows');
C = A(idx, :);
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bene1
bene1 on 6 Dec 2020
Perfect. Thank you!
(I simplified the values to understand the process. Rounding won't work with the real data).

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