MATLAB: Find the max value and index of each interval in a big matrix

unique splitapply

I'm looking for a way to split my data into group then find the maximum and index of each group. So, I have this code which gives me the maximums but the indexes are not correct. Any idea please. I have asked this question and haven’t got the right answer yet. This is a simple example but in my big matrix there might be more than an answer. For example two max values. Is the code will select one only or will not work?
XX = [1 2 3 4 5 1 3]';
YY = [10 10 10 20 20 30 20]';
[uv,~,idx] = unique(XX);
[Result] = splitapply(@max, YY, idx);
figure
scatter(uv,Result)
line(uv,Result)
indices = splitapply(@maxIndex, YY, idx);
function out=maxIndex(z)
[~,out]=max(z);
end
m = [uv, Result, indices]
1 30 2
2 10 1
3 20 2
4 20 1
5 20 1
%The correct one should be
m =
1 30 6
2 10 2
3 20 8
4 20 4
5 20 5
If you like to test on my data, I have attached my data and code as below.
x = round(MaT_All(:,18),0);
y = MaT_All(:,17);
[uv,~,idx] = unique(x);
[Result] = splitapply(@max, y, idx);
figure
scatter(uv,Result)
line(uv,Result)
indices = splitapply(@maxIndex, y, idx);
function out=maxIndex(z)
[~,out]=max(z);
end

Best Answer

To be sure: Would this loop solve your problem?
XX = [1 2 3 4 5 1 3]';
YY = [10 10 10 20 20 30 20]';
uXX = unique(XX);
Result = zeros(size(uXX));
Index = zeros(size(uXX));
for k = 1:numel(uXX)
match = find(XX == uXX(k));
[Result(k), idx] = max(YY(match));
Index(k) = match(idx);
end
If so, try if this is faster:
XX = [1 2 3 4 5 1 3]';
YY = [10 10 10 20 20 30 20]';
[uv, ~, idx] = unique(XX);
[Result, Index] = splitapply(@maxIndex, [YY, (1:numel(YY)).'], idx)
function [value, index] = maxIndex(z)
[value, k] = max(z(:, 1));
index = z(k, 2);
end
Here the index related to the YY vector is appended as 2nd column, such that the related information is available inside maxIndex also.
Use timeit or tic/toc to compare the runtime with providing 2 separate arrays:
[uv, ~, idx] = unique(XX);
[Result, Index] = splitapply(@maxIndex, YY, (1:numel(YY)).', idx)
function [value, index] = maxIndex(Y, IndexY)
[value, k] = max(Y);
index = IndexY(k);
end