sorting data tables according to results from cluster analysis

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I am trying to re-sort a data table according to the output from hierarchical clustering.
That is, I have a table with 24 observations across 3 parameters (a,b,c):
% a b c
1.34 0.00 0.00
1.96 2.64 2.42
1.47 0.00 0.00
1.28 0.00 0.00
2.51 0.00 0.00
1.87 1.08 0.00
0.00 0.00 1.03
1.30 1.44 1.75
1.90 1.98 2.52
1.82 0.00 0.00
0.00 2.64 0.00
1.03 0.00 0.00
1.28 1.16 1.06
0.00 0.59 0.00
0.88 0.00 0.00
1.31 0.00 0.00
0.94 0.95 0.00
0.45 0.00 0.00
0.00 1.41 0.00
1.04 0.00 1.01
1.21 2.17 0.00
1.63 1.36 1.84
1.97 2.28 2.02
3.26 2.50 3.30
If I compute the hierachical clustering as:
tree = linkage(X,'average','euclidean');
figure()
dendrogram(tree); %produces a hierarchical clustering plot
I get the figure:
To get the order of the leaf nodes I run:
[H,T,outperm]=dendrogram(tree);
and outperm (1x24 double) gives me a vector with the leaf node order:
1 16 4 3 12 15 10 14 18 6 17 7 20 5 11 19 21 2 23 9 8 22 13 24
Now what I want to do is re-order my original table (24X3 double) according to the sequence of this leaf node order. That is:
a b c
1. 1.34 0.00 0.00
16. 1.31 0.00 0.00
4. 1.28 0.00 0.00
3. 1.47 0.00 0.00
.
.
.
13. 1.28 1.16 1.06
24. 3.26 2.50 3.30
Is there a MatLab way to do this other than to manually copy/paste in an excel file?

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dpb
dpb on 13 Dec 2021
Y=X(outperm,:); % presuming X is the variable guessing from the initial code...
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Stephen
Stephen on 14 Dec 2021
Perfect!! Seems obvious in retrospect but I just couldn't get there. Much appeciated!

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