extracting from a matrix

I have a matrix:

XY_indx =

     1     1     1
     2     1     2
     1     2     3
     2     2     4
     1     1     5
     2     1     6
     1     2     7
     2     1    10
     1     2    11

Let's say that first and second column of the previous matrix represent coordinates, while the third is the index. I need to collect, into extra arrays, all the indexes which have same coordinates. In this case v1 = [1 5] v2 = [2 6] v3 = [3 7] ...

If simpler you can also put the couples into a single matrix, like:

v =
     1   5
     2   6
     3   7
     .   .
     .   .
     .   .

thanks!

[giuseppe insignito]

what if I do not only need the index but also combos of each couple? According to the exaple I made:

v1 = [1 5] 
v2 = [5 1] 
v3 = [2 6]
v4 = [6 2]
v5 = ...

or

v =
    1    5
    5    1
    .    .
    .    .
    .    .

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

XY_indx = [
     1     1     1
     2     1     2
     1     2     3
     2     2     4
     1     1     5
     2     1     6
     1     2     7
     2     1    10
     1     2    11];
output = accumarray(XY_indx(:,1:2), XY_indx(:,3), [], @(V) {V})

output = 2x2 cell array
    {2×1 double}    {3×1 double}
    {3×1 double}    {[       4]}

output{2,1}

ans = 3×1

2 6 10

Notice that some of your groups have more than 2 entries.

This works only if the indices are positive integers, and it does not work well if the indices have large gaps (you get empty cells).

There are variations for the times those are problems:

[urow, ~, G] = unique(XY_indx(:,1:2), 'rows');
grouped = accumarray(G, XY_indx(:,3), [], @(V) {V.'});
output = [num2cell(urow,2), grouped]

output = 4x2 cell array
    {1×2 double}    {1×2 double}
    {1×2 double}    {1×3 double}
    {1×2 double}    {1×3 double}
    {1×2 double}    {[       4]}

Here, the first column of the cell gives the coordinates such as [2 1] that the second column of the cell refers to. The second column of the cell lists the entries such as [2, 6, 10]