MATLAB: How to find position of a time vector in another time vector

find position of a vector in other vectors

I have two time vectors, one has random time spacing like A=[' 01/01/2001', '05/01/2001, ….], the other time vector has daily time like B=[' 01/01/2001', '01/02/2001', ….]. I like to find a position of each element of A in vector B. What is the fastest way? I don't want to write a loop for find each element. is there a faster way to output a position vector directly? Thanks a lot. I appreciate your help.

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While I'm not sure what your inputs are, most likely this will solve the problem:

[ex, loc] = ismember(A, B)

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