MATLAB: Compare vector to matrix of unique dimensions

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I have a column vector (5000×1) and a matrix (5×3). I want to find the maximum index (ii = 1,2,3) for each element of the vector against each row of the matrix where the vector element is less than or equal to the indexed element. I will end up with a matrix of size (5000×5). If the vector element is greater than all elements in a row, return 3 as the index.
Example with a (6×1) vector and (5×3) matrix:
v = [1 1 2 1 2 3]'; A = [0 1 2
                         1 2 3
                         0 0 0
                         1 1 2
                         2 3 4];
Output (6x5): B = [2 1 3 1 1 
                   2 1 3 1 1
                   3 2 3 3 1
                   2 1 3 1 1
                   3 2 3 3 1
                   3 3 3 3 2];

Best Answer

For anybody looking at this question in the future:
Using permute as Andrei suggested, the following gives the exact answer as desired (though it could be made more elegant).
P = v <= permute(A,[3 1 2]);
[~,out] = max(c,[],3);
out(sum(P,3)==0) = 3;
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