How to oppositely order two vectors in Matlab? - matlab

Question

I have the code below for oppositely ordering two vectors. It works, but I want to specify the line
B_diff(i) = B(i) - B(i+1);
to hold true not just for only
B_diff(i) = B(i) - B(i+1); but for
B_diff(i) = B(i) - B(i+k); where k can be any integer less than or equal to n. The same applies to "A". Any clues as to how I can achieve this in the program?
For example, I want to rearrange the first column of the matrix
A =
1 4
6 9
3 8
4 2
such that, the condition should hold true not only for
(a11-a12)(a21-a22)<=0;
but also for all
(a11-a13)(a21-a23)<=0;
(a11-a14)(a21-a24)<=0;
(a12-a13)(a22-a23)<=0;
(a12-a14)(a22-a24)<=0; and
(a13-a14)(a23-a24)<=0;
## MATLAB CODE ##
A = xlsread('column 1');
B = xlsread('column 2');
n = numel(A);
B_diff = zeros(n-1,1); %Vector to contain the differences between the elements of B
count_pos = 0; %To count the number of positive entries in B_diff
for i = 1:n-1
B_diff(i) = B(i) - B(i+1);
if B_diff(i) > 0
count_pos = count_pos + 1;
end
end
A_desc = sort(A,'descend'); %Sort the vector A in descending order
if count_pos > 0 %If B_diff contains positive entries, divide A_desc into two vectors
A_less = A_desc(count_pos+1:n);
A_great = sort(A_desc(1:count_pos),'ascend');
A_new = zeros(n,1); %To contain the sorted elements of A
else
A_new = A_desc; %This is then the sorted elements of A
end
if count_pos > 0
A_new(1) = A_less(1);
j = 2; %To keep track of the index for A_less
k = 1; %To keep track of the index for A_great
for i = 1:n-1
if B_diff(i) <= 0
A_new(i+1) = A_less(j);
j = j + 1;
else
A_new(i+1) = A_great(k);
k = k + 1;
end
end
end
A_diff = zeros(n-1,1);
for i = 1:n-1
A_diff(i) = A_new(i) - A_new(i+1);
end
diff = [A_diff B_diff]
prod = A_diff.*B_diff

Answer 1

The following code orders the first column of A opposite to the order of the second column.
A= [1 4; 6 9; 3 8; 4 2]; % sample matrix
[~,ix]=sort(A(:,2)); % ix is the sorting permutation of A(:,2)
inverse=zeros(size(ix));
inverse(ix) = numel(ix):-1:1; % the un-sorting permutation, reversed
B = sort(A(:,1)); % sort the first column
A(:,1)=B(inverse); % permute the first column according to inverse
Result:
A =
4 4
1 9
3 8
6 2