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inter.pro

calculate the intersection between 2 matrices of whole numbers

inter Calculation

result = inter(a, b)

Return value

tableau

Parameters

a        in required

arrays of positive integers, which need not to be sorted. Duplicate elements are ignored, as they have no effect on the result

b        in required

see a

Examples

a = [2,4,6,8] b = [6,1,3,2] inter(a,b) = [ 2, 6] ; Common elements

Version history

Version

$Id: inter.pro 163 2006-08-29 12:59:46Z navarro $

History

http://www.dfanning.com/tips/set_operations.html

Known issues

Restrictions

The empty set is denoted by an array with the first element equal to -1. These functions will not be efficient on sparse sets with wide ranges, as they trade memory for efficiency. The HISTOGRAM function is used, which creates arrays of size equal to the range of the resulting set.

 


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