Reordering Cell Array by Array of Indices

Question

Suppose I have a cell array x and an integer array y:

x = {\'apple\', \'orange\', \'banana\', \'pear\'};
y = [2 4 3 1];
         


        

Answer 1

z = x(y);

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That means: put in z the cell array with elements frrm x, that are selected by the indices y, in the order of the indices. (that is the basics of MATLAB subscripting; other methods of indexing are linear and logical, see Mathworks site for details).