vectorization challenge

[Tim Rueth]

I'm desperately trying to vectorize a calculation that I'm currently doing in a for-loop.  I haven't been able to figure this one out, and my brain now hurts.

I have two column vectors A and B as inputs:

 

  A              B             C

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43.94          0          0.0000
44.25          0          0.7055
44.34          0          0.9103
44.81          0          1.9799
45.00          1          2.4123
44.97          0          -0.0666
44.97          0          -0.0666
44.66          1          -0.7555
44.72          0          0.1343
44.94          1          0.6269
44.59          0          -0.7788
43.47          0          -3.2710
43.44          0          -3.3377
43.41          1          -3.4045
43.56          0          0.3455
43.72          1          0.7141
43.69          1          -0.0686

...

 

What I'm trying to do is calculate C without using a for-loop.  C is simply the running percent change in A since the last time there was a "1" in B.  As you might have noticed, whenever there's a "1" in B, there's either a peak or a trough in A.  I can easily break B into two vectors, one for peaks and one for troughs, but I don't think that will help in figuring out how to create C.

 

If there really were only a few elements in these vectors, a for-loop would be no big deal for me, but these vectors are very long and the for-loop itself gets run often, hence the need to vectorize.  Any help is greatly appreciated as always.

 

Thanks,

 

--Tim