## Copyright (C) 2000 Paul Kienzle
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} setdiff(@var{a}, @var{b})
##
## Return the elements in @var{a} but not in @var{b}, sorted in ascending
## order. If @var{a} and @var{b} are both column vectors return a column
## vector, otherwise return a row vector.
##
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{unique, union, intersect, setxor, ismember}

## Author: Paul Kienzle
## Adapted-by: jwe

function c = setdiff (a, b)

  if (nargin != 2)
    usage ("setdiff (a, b)");
  endif

  c = unique (a);
  if (! isempty (c) && ! isempty (b))
    ## form a and b into combined set
    b = unique (b);
    [dummy, idx] = sort ([c(:); b(:)]);
    ## eliminate those elements of a that are the same as in b
    n = length (dummy);
    c(idx(find (dummy(1:n-1) == dummy(2:n)))) = [];
    ## reshape if necessary
    if (size (c, 1) != 1 && size (b, 1) == 1)
      c = c.';
    endif
  endif

endfunction