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+## Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Jaroslav Hajek
+## Copyright (C) 2000, 2006-2007 Paul Kienzle
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} setxor (@var{a}, @var{b})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} setxor (@var{a}, @var{b}, 'rows')
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{c}, @var{ia}, @var{ib}] =} setxor (@var{a}, @var{b})
+##
+## Return the elements exclusive to @var{a} or @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.
+## @var{a}, @var{b} may be cell arrays of string(s).
+##
+## With three output arguments, return index vectors @var{ia} and @var{ib}
+## such that @code{a(ia)} and @code{b(ib)} are disjoint sets whose union
+## is @var{c}.
+##
+## @seealso{unique, union, intersect, setdiff, ismember}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function [c, ia, ib] = setxor (a, b, varargin)
+
+ if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ [a, b] = validargs ("setxor", a, b, varargin{:});
+
+ ## Form A and B into sets.
+ if (nargout > 1)
+ [a, ia] = unique (a, varargin{:});
+ [b, ib] = unique (b, varargin{:});
+ else
+ a = unique (a, varargin{:});
+ b = unique (b, varargin{:});
+ endif
+
+ if (isempty (a))
+ c = b;
+ elseif (isempty (b))
+ c = a;
+ else
+ ## Reject duplicates.
+ if (nargin > 2)
+ na = rows (a); nb = rows (b);
+ [c, i] = sortrows ([a; b]);
+ n = rows (c);
+ idx = find (all (c(1:n-1) == c(2:n), 2));
+ if (! isempty (idx))
+ c([idx, idx+1],:) = [];
+ i([idx, idx+1],:) = [];
+ endif
+ else
+ na = numel (a); nb = numel (b);
+ [c, i] = sort ([a(:); b(:)]);
+ n = length (c);
+ if (iscell (c))
+ idx = find (strcmp (c(1:n-1), c(2:n)));
+ else
+ idx = find (c(1:n-1) == c(2:n));
+ endif
+ if (! isempty (idx))
+ c([idx, idx+1]) = [];
+ i([idx, idx+1]) = [];
+ endif
+ if (size (a, 1) == 1 || size (b, 1) == 1)
+ c = c.';
+ endif
+ endif
+ endif
+ if (nargout > 1)
+ ia = ia(i(i <= na));
+ ib = ib(i(i > na) - na);
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!assert(setxor([1,2,3],[2,3,4]),[1,4])
+%!assert(setxor({'a'}, {'a', 'b'}), {'b'});
+%!test
+%! a = [3, 1, 4, 1, 5]; b = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+%! [y, ia, ib] = setxor (a, b.');
+%! assert(y, [2, 5]);
+%! assert(y, sort([a(ia), b(ib)]));
+