MATLAB: Fetching variable from another variable

fetching value

I have two sets of variables
A=
'yar12'  'hi'     'hello'   'hi'   'hello'
'yar13'   hello'  'hello'   'hi'   'hello'
'yar14'  'hi'     'hi'      'hi'   'hello'
'yar15'  'hello'  'hi'      'hi'    'hi' 
'yar16'  'hello'  'hi'      'hi'    'hello'
'yar17'  'hi'     'hi'      'hi'     'hi'
and 
B=
'yar13'   hi'     'hello'   'hello'  'hello'
'yar16'  'hi'      'hello'   'hi'     'hello'
'yar17'  'hello'  'hi'      'hello'  'hi'
The size of both matrix are different by comparing first column,i want to fetch values(2nd to 5th column) from A correspnding to 1st column of B,So i need output as
C=
'yar13'   hello'  'hello'   'hi'   'hello'
'yar16'  'hello'  'hi'      'hi'    'hello'
'yar17'  'hi'     'hi'      'hi'     'hi'
PLease provide assistance

Best Answer

[tf, idx] = ismember(B(:,1), A(:,1));
C = A(idx,:);
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