MATLAB: Changing elements of vector with matrix

vector operation

I have a question regarding a simple operation that I cant find an answer to. Hope that someone can help me.
I have a vector a:
a = zeros(1,10)
and a matrix b:
b = [1, 3; 6, 8]
I want to change elements of a into ones in accordance with the segments indicated by matrix b:
The result should be
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
When I try:
a(b(:,1):b(:,2)) = 1
I get
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Best regards,
Michael

Best Answer

No loop required:
>> v = 1:numel(a);
>> x = any(v>=b(:,1) & v<=b(:,2), 1); % requires MATLAB >=R2016b
>> a(x) = 1
a =
   1   1   1   0   0   1   1   1   0   0
For earlier versions replace the logical comparisons with bsxfun.
Or just use one simple loop:
>> for k = 1:size(b,1), a(b(k,1):b(k,2)) = 1; end
>> a
a =
   1   1   1   0   0   1   1   1   0   0
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