MATLAB: Finding a noninteger value from an array

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I have an array which looks like:

 x = linspace(0,1,101);

To find the index of the maximum point from an array, I can write:

 [val,ind] = max(x);

However, I need the index of a particular point, let's say 0.70. How should i write the commands to find this?

My second question is that I have a specific value y = 0.703. I need to do my calculation using the array x, but I have to start from the value in x that is closest to y. Which means I am looking for the index of the point 0.70 in x, but i need to express it in terms of y in my code. How can I do that?

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Both questions have the same answer

 [~,loc]=min(abs(x-y))

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A very important rule when you use floating point numbers on a computer (not just matlab, but all languages). Never compare floating point numbers with ==. See the FAQ: Why is 0.3 - 0.2 - 0.1 not equal to 0. A very rough summary (read the topic in details) is that many numbers (such as 0.1) cannot be stored exactly and == does exact comparison.

The way to check if two numbers are equal is by comparing their absolute difference to an arbitrary small value (amplitude of that value depending on your use case).

>> a = 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1
a =
                       0.3
>> b = 0.3
b =
                       0.3
>> a == b   %return false!
ans =
  logical
   0
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ans =
  logical
   1

However, for what you're trying to do, ismembertol would be better as it would avoid the loop altogether

idx = 0.0000:0.1000:3.0000
matchingxindex = find(ismembertol(x, idx));  %loop not required

If you need row, col index:

[row, col] = ind2sub(size(x), matchingxindex)

MATLAB: How to compare the elements of a matrix and fill another matrix with the elements of a vector

Since your t matrix is full of 0 and 1 you can take advantage of that and just do this

a = [0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5];
b = [0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5];
t = ff2n(n);
t1 = t.*a
t1 =
         0         0         0         0         0
         0         0         0         0    0.5000
         0         0         0    0.6000         0
         0         0         0    0.6000    0.5000
         0         0    0.7000         0         0
         0         0    0.7000         0    0.5000
         0         0    0.7000    0.6000         0
         0         0    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
         0    0.8000         0         0         0
         0    0.8000         0         0    0.5000
         0    0.8000         0    0.6000         0
         0    0.8000         0    0.6000    0.5000
         0    0.8000    0.7000         0         0
         0    0.8000    0.7000         0    0.5000
         0    0.8000    0.7000    0.6000         0
         0    0.8000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000         0         0         0         0
    0.9000         0         0         0    0.5000
    0.9000         0         0    0.6000         0
    0.9000         0         0    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000         0    0.7000         0         0
    0.9000         0    0.7000         0    0.5000
    0.9000         0    0.7000    0.6000         0
    0.9000         0    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000         0         0         0
    0.9000    0.8000         0         0    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000         0    0.6000         0
    0.9000    0.8000         0    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.7000         0         0
    0.9000    0.8000    0.7000         0    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.7000    0.6000         0
    0.9000    0.8000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
t2 = not(t.*a).*b
t2 =
    0.1000    0.2000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.3000    0.4000         0
    0.1000    0.2000    0.3000         0    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.3000         0         0
    0.1000    0.2000         0    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000         0    0.4000         0
    0.1000    0.2000         0         0    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000         0         0         0
    0.1000         0    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000         0    0.3000    0.4000         0
    0.1000         0    0.3000         0    0.5000
    0.1000         0    0.3000         0         0
    0.1000         0         0    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000         0         0    0.4000         0
    0.1000         0         0         0    0.5000
    0.1000         0         0         0         0
         0    0.2000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
         0    0.2000    0.3000    0.4000         0
         0    0.2000    0.3000         0    0.5000
         0    0.2000    0.3000         0         0
         0    0.2000         0    0.4000    0.5000
         0    0.2000         0    0.4000         0
         0    0.2000         0         0    0.5000
         0    0.2000         0         0         0
         0         0    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
         0         0    0.3000    0.4000         0
         0         0    0.3000         0    0.5000
         0         0    0.3000         0         0
         0         0         0    0.4000    0.5000
         0         0         0    0.4000         0
         0         0         0         0    0.5000
         0         0         0         0         0
t1+t2
ans =
    0.1000    0.2000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.3000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.3000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.7000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.7000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.2000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.8000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.8000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.8000    0.3000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.8000    0.3000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.8000    0.7000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.8000    0.7000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.8000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.1000    0.8000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.2000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.2000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.2000    0.3000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.2000    0.3000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.2000    0.7000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.2000    0.7000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.2000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.2000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.3000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.3000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.3000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.7000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.7000    0.4000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000
    0.9000    0.8000    0.7000    0.6000    0.5000

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