How to use "if statements" when "ismember" is based on multiple conditions?

I have two vectors:

indexM = csvread('indexM.csv'); %228 obs
indexI = csvread('indexI.csv'); %199 obs

indexM is a vector where every row indicates a row index for variables at monthly frequency from 2002 to 2020, while indexI is a vector where every row denotes a row index for variables at an irregular frequency from 2002 to 2020.

We can see this by doing:

% monthly dates
tM = datevec(datetime(indexM, 'ConvertFrom', 'datenum')); 
tM(:,1) = vertcat(repmat(2002,1,12)', repmat(2003,1,12)', repmat(2004,1,12)', repmat(2005,1,12)', repmat(2006,1,12)', repmat(2007,1,12)', repmat(2008,1,12)', repmat(2009,1,12)', repmat(2010,1,12)', repmat(2011,1,12)', repmat(2012,1,12)', repmat(2013,1,12)', repmat(2014,1,12)', repmat(2015,1,12)',repmat(2016,1,12)',repmat(2017,1,12)',repmat(2018,1,12)',repmat(2019,1,12)',repmat(2020,1,12)');
tM= tM(:,1:3);
tM= datetime(tM);
% irregulare dates
tI = datevec(datetime(indexI, 'ConvertFrom', 'datenum'));
tI(:,1) = vertcat(repmat(2002,1,11)', repmat(2003,1,12)', repmat(2004,1,11)', repmat(2005,1,11)', repmat(2006,1,11)', repmat(2007,1,11)', repmat(2008,1,12)', repmat(2009,1,12)', repmat(2010,1,12)', repmat(2011,1,12)', repmat(2012,1,12)', repmat(2013,1,12)', repmat(2014,1,12)', repmat(2015,1,8)',repmat(2016,1,8)',repmat(2017,1,8)',repmat(2018,1,8)',repmat(2019,1,8)',repmat(2020,1,8)');
tI= tI(:,1:3);
tI = datetime(tI);

Now, what I want to do is writing a loop that says: whenever tI and tM have the same month and year, indexM equals indexI. I wrote this loop as follows:

rr = [];
for i = 1:length(indexM)
if ismember(month(tM(i)) & year(tM(i)), month(tI) & year(tI)) == 1 % if A is found in B
    rr(i) = indexM(i);
else
    rr(i) = NaN;
end
end

However, what I got back rr is simply indexM. This happens since ismember doesn't find any zero values and this is weird. In fact, for example:

% tI(8) : 11-Sep-2002 
% tM(8) : 30-Aug-2002

% which would have meant filling the 8th row of rr with Nan

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

Your syntax is not correct. Split your condition into 2 separate uses of ismember. Also, ismember returns a value for every element of the second input. Use any to return the single logical result an if statement needs. Since the result is logical, you do not have to compare the result to 1.

I think something like this is what you want (untested)

if any(ismember(month(tM(i)), month(tI))) & any(ismember(year(tM(i)),year(tI)))

[Armando MAROZZI]

thanks so much! I tried it now and I get the same results as mine though...

[Cris LaPierre]

Please save your variables to a mat file and attach it to your post using the paperclip icon.

[Armando MAROZZI]

I just attached the file q.mat. Note: t1 = tM, t2 = tI, indNumM = indexM and indNumI = indexI, thanks for your help!

[Cris LaPierre]

Ok, I did a little poking around. I think you want something like this. I've simplified your code a little as well.

indexM = readmatrix('indexM.csv'); %228 obs
indexI = readmatrix('indexI.csv'); %199 obs

% monthly dates
tM = datetime(2002,1,0)+caldays(indexM);
tI = datetime(2002,1,0)+caldays(indexI);
% Change day to be the same for all dates for easier comparison
tM.Day=1;
tI.Day=1;

rr=indexM;
% Change to NaN any tM dates that are not in tI
rr(~ismember(tM,tI))=NaN

rr = 228×1

31 59 90 120 151 181 212 NaN 273 304

[Armando MAROZZI]

thanks a lot! This is exactly what I needed. Thanks again!