How to compare column A and B and give corresponding output for input provided

There are 2 columns

1 - (MH12GJ8059, CH15HJ5456, MH14KS6516, KA45HS1654)

2 - (XXYYXX, GSGGYY, YSHHSG, HHSHHH)

now is there a way in Matlab so that it asks for user inputs and displays the respective data next to it.

eg, input = MH12GJ8059 (from user)

output = XXYYXX

Answer 1

[Adam]

doc ismember

should do the job, using the 2nd output argument to give you the index to apply to the other array/column/whatever.

[Nishant Satav]

but what is the syntax? could you give me a working code for the above example?

Answer 2

[Vandana Rajan]

Hi,

You may use the following code. Last 3 lines may be put inside a loop for repetition.

 x = string(['MH12GJ8059'; 'CH15HJ5456'; 'MH14KS6516'; 'KA45HS1654']);
 y = string(['XXYYXX'; 'GSGGYY'; 'YSHHSG'; 'HHSHHH']);
 inp = input('Enter a string');
 [val,ind] = ismember(string(inp),x);
 disp(y(ind));

As Adam has mentioned, you can make use of the MATLAB documentation to gain more insight into the functions.

[Nishant Satav]

this code has errors.

[Vandana Rajan]

Yeah. No need of string command there.

x = {'MH12GJ8059'; 'CH15HJ5456'; 'MH14KS6516'; 'KA45HS1654'};
y = {'XXYYXX'; 'GSGGYY'; 'YSHHSG'; 'HHSHHH'};
inp = input('Enter a string');
[val,ind] = ismember(string(inp),x);
disp(y{ind});