function [c,a_match,b_match] = union_sorted_rows(a,b) %UNION_SORTED_ROWS Set union of sorted sets of row vectors. % UNION_SORTED_ROWS(A,B) where A and B are matrices returns the combined rows % from A and B with no repetitions. Rows of A (and B) must be sorted and % unique, and the resulting rows will be sorted and unique. % % [C,A_MATCH,B_MATCH] = UNION_SORTED_ROWS(A,B) also returns % A_MATCH = MATCH_SORTED_ROWS(A,C) % B_MATCH = MATCH_SORTED_ROWS(B,C) % % Examples: % union_sorted_rows([10 20; 30 40], [30 40; 50 60]) % [c,a_match,b_match] = union_sorted_rows([10 20; 30 40], [30 40; 50 60]) % Written by Tom Minka % (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. if nargout <= 1 c = sortrows([a(~ismember_sorted_rows(a,b),:); b]); else [tf,loc] = ismember_sorted_rows(a,b); [c,i] = sortrows([a(~tf,:); b]); nc = rows(c); nb = rows(b); na = rows(a); b_match = i((nc-nb+1):nc); a_match = zeros(1,na); a_match(~tf) = i(1:(nc-nb)); a_match(tf) = b_match(loc(tf)); end