Re: uniq function?

[Daniel Heiserer]

> > Hi,
> > is there a unique function similar to unix' unique.
> >
> > Assume I have a vector whichs elements are sorted.
> > I want to kick out every element which is twice.
> >
> > a=[1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6];
> > b=unique(a)
> > >> b=[1 2 3 4 5 6]
> >
> >

> Dear Daniel,
> 
> b = intersection(a,a)
> 
> will do it!

Well intersection bases on create_set as far as I have seen. 
Here a little benchmark between "create_set" and "unique".
Unique is a factor 70 faster!!!!

octave:3> a=1:1000000;
octave:4> b=[a,a];
octave:5> b=sort(b);
octave:6> tic;c=unique(b);toc
ans = 11
octave:7> tic;d=create_set(b);toc
ans = 721
octave:8> e=find(c-d)
e = [](0x0)
octave:9> 

Mit freundlichen Gruessen
                                 Daniel Heiserer
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