countmember

Count members.

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C = COUNTMEMBER(A,B) counts the number of times the elements of array A are present in array B, so that C(k) equals the number of occurences of A(k) in B. A may contain non-unique elements. C will have the same size as A.
A and B should be of the same type, and can be cell array of strings.

Examples:
countmember([1 2 1 3],[1 2 2 2 2])
-> 1 4 1 0
countmember({'a','b','c'},{'a','x','a'})
-> 2 0 0

Cite As

Jos (10584) (2026). countmember (https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/7738-countmember), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
2.1

using histcounts now

2.0.0.0

updated from R13

1.1.0.0

improved help and comments, fixed some spelling issues

1.0.0.0

Reduced overhead by removing unnecessary dummy variables.