multisetdiff

like setdiff, but any repeated elements of A are removed only once for each time they occur in B

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setdiff for multisets. multisetdiff(A,B) removes repeated elements of A only once for each time they occur in B.

Example:
multisetdiff([1,1,2,2],[1,1,2]) % returns 2

To work with cell arrays of strings or using the rows feature this version requires LEXCMP (see below). The current version does not work for non-string cell arrays (unless you have an implementation of SORT for cell arrays). Non-cell arrays can in principle be any objects for which SORT, SIGN, MINUS and comparison operations are defined.

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Cite As

Ben Petschel (2026). multisetdiff (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/25267-multisetdiff), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired by: lexcmp

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.1.0.0

added support for inf/nan values

1.0.0.0