Ankiewicz, AdrianDevine, NatashaUnal, MChowdury, Amdadul HuqAkhmediev, Nail2014-11-052014-11-052040-8978http://hdl.handle.net/1885/12269We provide a simple technique for finding the correspondence between the solutions of Ablowitz–Ladik and nonlinear Schrodinger equations. Even though they belong to different classes, in that one is continuous and one is discrete, there are matching solutions. This fact allows us to discern common features and obtain solutions of the continuous equation from solutions of the discrete equation. We consider several examples. We provide tables, with selected solutions, which allow us to easily match the pairs of solutions. We show that our technique can be extended to the case of coupled Ablowitz–Ladik and nonlinear Schrodinger (i.e. Manakov) equations. We provide some new solutions.10 pages© 2013 IOP Publishing. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/2040-8978/..."Pre-print on author's personal website, repository or arXiv." from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 30/10/15).rogue wavesAblowitz–Ladik equationnonlinear Schrodinger equationManakov equation2013-0610.1088/2040-8978/15/6/0640082015-12-11