How to compare two vectors and output the index?

For eg:

A = [60,600,15]
B = [60,512,30,13]

Now, take B(1) (60 here) and compare it with A(1)(60 here) If 60<=60 print index of A(i) ==> O/P should be 1. then increase A(i) += 1 so now B(1) should compare if it is <= A(2) 60<=512 yes true! so o/p = 2. It should compare all elements less than or equal to itself and output its index in a new vector.

Final output should be like this:

B(1) = [1,2];
B(2) = [2];
B(3) = [1,2];
B(4) = [1,2,3].

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

This is easy in just two lines using find and accumarray:

>> A = [60,600,15];
>> B = [60,512,30,13];
>> [R,C] = find(bsxfun(@le,B(:),A));
>> Z = accumarray(R,C,[],@(v){v});
>> Z{:}
ans =
   1
   2
ans =
   2
ans =
   1
   2
ans =
   1
   2
   3

[Aswin Sandirakumaran]

Thanks a Lot !

Answer 2

[Jan]

One loop and one find is enough, easy and very efficient:

A = [60,600,15];
B = [60,512,30,13];

% For each element of B find the indices of elements of A which are
% greater or equal:
D = cell(size(B));
for k = 1:numel(B)
  D{k} = find(B(k) <= A);
end

Or with hiding the loop inside cellfun:

D = cellfun(@(b) find(b <= A), num2cell(B), 'UniformOutput', 0)