Sorting a cell *different to the usual suspect*?

Hi, I am trying to sort a cell based on another vector. - I have terms in one cell - I have numbers in another corresponding to the terms by their frequency

for example

a = {'the' 'there' 'them' 'they' 'this'}

b = [ 2 8 5 3 6 ]

I would like the output to be so that the order is put into another cell:

there; this; them; they; the

basically I'd like to sort cell(a) by b

Kind Regards, Tanil

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

[sortvals, sortorder] = sort(b, 'descend');
c = a(sortorder);