MATLAB: Column indexing with condition

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I have two matrices 
A = [1, 0, 0;
     0, -2, 0;
     0, 0, -3];
 
 B =[1, 2, 3;
     4, 5, 6;
     7, 8, 9];
I need to find columns in A with negative values (in this example it's 2 and 3 columns) and change the values to opposite in the corresponding columns of B. Basically, I want
B = [1, -2, -3;
     4, -5, -6;
     7, -8, -9];
Is there a fast way to do this using indexing? I know how to do this with a for loop, but I believe that's not the best solution

Best Answer

Try this
>> isn = any( A<0, 1 );
>> B(:,isn) = -B(:,isn)
B =
     1    -2    -3
     4    -5    -6
     7    -8    -9
and read about Indexing with Logical Values (in the middle of the page)
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