find unique array cell with 2 field

load('matlab_f.mat')
f

f = 4x2 cell array
    {'a'}    {'1'}
    {'a'}    {'1'}
    {'c'}    {'2'}
    {'c'}    {'1'}

i want to find row equal

f(1.:) and f(2,:) are equal

f(3.:) and f(4,:) are not equal

Answer 1

[Matt J]

>> findgroups(f(:,1),f(:,2))

ans =

1

1

3

2

[shamal]

ok but see this example:

findgroups(DD(:,1),DD(:,11))

Error using matlab.internal.math.grp2idx (line 158)

A grouping variable of class 'cell' is not supported.

[Matt J]

load('matlab_DD.mat')

findgroups(cell2table(DD(:,[1,11])))

ans = 103×1

28 43 49 96 51 16 18 15 17 20

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[shamal]

thank but if i want to delete duplicate..can i do it?

can I search for the same pairs and delete one of these or is there a faster method

[Matt J]

I demonstrated how to do that in my other answer.

Ultimately, you should probably convert your data and leave it in table form. The things you are asking are very readily done with the data in that form.

Answer 2

[Matt J]

load('matlab_f.mat')

table2cell(unique(cell2table(f),'rows'))

ans = 3x2 cell array
    {'a'}    {'1'}
    {'c'}    {'1'}
    {'c'}    {'2'}

Answer 3

[Sameer]

Hi Luca

To compare rows of a cell array and determine if they are equal, you can use the "isequal" function.

Here's how you can do it:

load('matlab_f.mat')

% Check if the first and second rows are equal
if isequal(f(1,:), f(2,:))
    disp('f(1,:) and f(2,:) are equal');
else
    disp('f(1,:) and f(2,:) are not equal');
end

f(1,:) and f(2,:) are equal

% Check if the third and fourth rows are equal
if isequal(f(3,:), f(4,:))
    disp('f(3,:) and f(4,:) are equal');
else
    disp('f(3,:) and f(4,:) are not equal');
end

f(3,:) and f(4,:) are not equal

Please refer to the below MathWorks documentation link:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/double.isequal.html

Hope this helps!