I'm sure you no longer need this, but as I was looking for this type of solution today, here's how I did it using A K's suggestion.
orig = {'a', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'e'}';
new = orig;
uniqStr = unique(orig);
for ii = 1:length(uniqStr)
idx = strmatch(uniqStr{ii}, orig, 'exact');
for jj = 2:length(idx)
new{idx(jj)} = [orig{idx(jj)}, '_', num2str(jj)];
end
end
compare = [orig, new]
compare =
'a' 'a'
'a' 'a_2'
'b' 'b'
'c' 'c'
'd' 'd'
'b' 'b_2'
'a' 'a_3'
'b' 'b_3'
'a' 'a_4'
'e' 'e'
If somebody knows how to due this without loops, please share the solution.
