Sorting a cell array of string, based on the order of another

I have 2 cell array of string. The content of the cells is exactly the same, only the order is different.

I want to sort one, without changing the order of the other.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

[tf, idx] = ismember(B,A);

Places where tf are false are places where B is not in A. And of course, B might not cover all of A. If you know that B covers exactly A, then B(idx) should be the same as A

[Vina B]

Maybe A(idx) = B

Answer 2

[Sébastien]

ismember() is exactly what I needed. Thank you very much!

Answer 3

[Walter Roberson]

Your title and your description do not agree. Your description has a trivial answer ("just don't use the second variable") so I will answer based on your title;

[sortedvals, sortidx] = sort(FirstCell);
newCell = SecondCell(sortidx);

Answer 4

[Sébastien]

No they agree, I've not been clear. I've :

Vector A {'pierre'} {'paul'} {'jacques'}

Vector B {'jacques'} {'pierre'} {'paul'}

I want to get the index on how to reorder B to fit the order of A.

A first solution would be to sort both alphabetically, I could do that, but here the point is that I don't want to reorder A.