MATLAB: I need help please

matrix array

I'm currently working on a project which has numbers assigned to each letter and i'm trying to create an array of each letter with its corresponding number below it so that when i try sorting the numbers from highest to lowest the letters get arranged as well but it's not working out for me here is my code
    % code
clc
clear
n=input('please enter the number of mud types you have       ');
for i=1:n
    x(i)=input('please enter the name of the mud in the order you want         ','s');
end
for j=1:n
    y(j)=input('please enter the number of the mud in the order you want         ');
end
A=[x;y]

Best Answer

Using a cell string would allow to names with more than 1 character also.
n = input('please enter the number of mud types you have       ');
Str = cell(1, n);   % Pre-allocate!!!

y   = zeros(1, n);  % Pre-allocate!!!
for k = 1:n
    Str{k} = input('please enter the name of the mud in the order you want         ','s');
end
for k = 1:n
    y(k) = input('please enter the number of the mud in the order you want         ');
end
[ySorted, index] = sort(y, 'ascending');
StrSorted        = Str(index);
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