Name

setdiff — returns components of a vector which do not belong to another one

Calling Sequence

v=setdiff(a,b)
[v,ka]=setdiff(a,b)

Parameters

a

vector of real numbers or strings

b

vector of real numbers or strings

v

vector of real numbers or strings with same orientation than a

ka

row vector of integers, ka(i) is the location of v(i) in a

Description

setdiff(a,b) returns a sorted vector which retains the a entries which are not in b

[v,ka]=setdiff(a,b) returns a sorted vector which retains the a entries which are not in b and the location of these entries in a.

Examples

 
a = [223;111;2;4;2;2];
b = [2;3;21;223;123;22];
setdiff(a,b)
[v,k]=setdiff(string(a),string(b))

See Also

unique, gsort, union