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28 Sets

Octave has a limited set of functions for managing sets of data, where a set is defined as a collection unique elements.

— Function File: create_set (x)

Return a row vector containing the unique values in x, sorted in ascending order. For example, 

          create_set ([ 1, 2; 3, 4; 4, 2 ])
          => [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
See also: union, intersection, complement.

— Function File: union (x, y)

Return the set of elements that are in either of the sets x and y. For example, 

          union ([ 1, 2, 4 ], [ 2, 3, 5 ])
          => [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
See also: create_set, intersection, complement.

— Function File: intersection (x, y)

Return the set of elements that are in both sets x and y. For example, 

          intersection ([ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 2, 3, 5 ])
          => [ 2, 3 ]
See also: create_set, union, complement.

— Function File: complement (x, y)

Return the elements of set y that are not in set x. For example, 

          complement ([ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 2, 3, 5 ])
          => 5
See also: create_set, union, intersection.