Daniel@0: function M = assign_cols(cols, vals, M)
Daniel@0: % ASSIGN_COLS Assign values to columns of a matrix
Daniel@0: % function M = assign_cols(M, cols, vals, M)
Daniel@0: %
Daniel@0: % Example:
Daniel@0: % M = assign_cols(data, ones(1,N))
Daniel@0: % will construct a 1-of-K encoding of the data, where K=ncols=max(data) and N=nrows=length(data)
Daniel@0: %
Daniel@0: % Example:
Daniel@0: % M = zeros(3,2);
Daniel@0: % M = assign_cols([1 2 1], [10 20 30], M)
Daniel@0: % is equivalent to
Daniel@0: % M(1, 1) = 10
Daniel@0: % M(2, 2) = 20
Daniel@0: % M(3, 1) = 30
Daniel@0: %
Daniel@0: 
Daniel@0: if nargin < 3
Daniel@0:   nr = length(cols);
Daniel@0:   nc = max(cols);
Daniel@0:   M = zeros(nr, nc);
Daniel@0: else
Daniel@0:   [nr nc] = size(M);
Daniel@0: end
Daniel@0: 
Daniel@0: if 0
Daniel@0: for r=1:nr
Daniel@0:   M(r, cols(r)) = vals(r);
Daniel@0: end
Daniel@0: end
Daniel@0: 
Daniel@0: if 1
Daniel@0: rows = 1:nr;
Daniel@0: ndx = subv2ind([nr nc], [rows(:) cols(:)]);
Daniel@0: M(ndx) = vals;
Daniel@0: end