Element-wise array replication according to a count [duplicate]

Solution 1:

Here's one way I like to accomplish this:

>> index = zeros(1,sum(rep));
>> index(cumsum([1 rep(1:end-1)])) = 1;

index =

     1     0     1     0     0     1     1     0     0     0     0

>> index = cumsum(index)

index =

     1     1     2     2     2     3     4     4     4     4     4

>> vv = v(index)

vv =

     3     3     1     1     1     9     4     4     4     4     4

This works by first creating an index vector of zeroes the same length as the final count of all the values. By performing a cumulative sum of the rep vector with the last element removed and a 1 placed at the start, I get a vector of indices into index showing where the groups of replicated values will begin. These points are marked with ones. When a cumulative sum is performed on index, I get a final index vector that I can use to index into v to create the vector of heterogeneously-replicated values.

Solution 2:

To add to the list of possible solutions, consider this one:

vv = cellfun(@(a,b)repmat(a,1,b), num2cell(v), num2cell(rep), 'UniformOutput',0);
vv = [vv{:}];

This is much slower than the one by gnovice..