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## Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## usage: intersection(a,b)
##
## Returns the intersection of sets a and b.
##
## See - create_set, union, complement
## Author: jwe
function y = intersection(a,b)
if (nargin != 2)
usage ("intersection(a,b)");
endif
if(isempty(a) || isempty(b))
y = [];
return;
endif
a = create_set(a);
b = create_set(b);
if(length(a) < length(b))
yindex = 1;
y = zeros(1,length(a));
for index = 1:length(a)
if(any(b == a(index)))
y(yindex++) = a(index);
endif
endfor
else
yindex = 1;
y = zeros(1,length(b));
for index = 1:length(b)
if(any(a == b(index)))
y(yindex++) = b(index);
endif
endfor
endif
y = y(1:(yindex-1));
endfunction
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