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)

Given a matrix or vector of values, the function create_set returns a row vector containing unique values, sorted in ascending order. For example,

create_set ([ 1, 2; 3, 4; 4, 2 ])

returns the vector

[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

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, 3 ], [ 2, 3, 5 ])

returns the vector

[ 1, 2, 5 ]

Function File: intersection (x, y)

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

Function File: complement (x, y)

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

complement ([ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 2, 3, 5 ])

returns the value `5'.

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