Two matrices, A and B:
A = [1 2 3
9 7 5
4 9 4
1 4 7]
B = [1 2 3
1 4 7]
All rows of matrix B are members of matrix A. I wish to delete the common rows of A and B from A without sorting.
I have tried setdiff() but this sorts the output.
For my particular problem (atomic coordinates in protein structures) maintaining the ordered integrity of the rows is important.
Use ISMEMBER:
%# find rows in A that are also in B
commonRows = ismember(A,B,'rows');
%# remove those rows
A(commonRows,:) = [];
I had to create diff between two arrays without sorting data. I found this great option in matlab docs. Setdiff function
Here is definition of function [C,ia] = setdiff(___,setOrder)
If you do not want output data sorted use 'stable' otherwise 'sorted' or without parameter.
Here was my use case.
yDataSent = setdiff(ScopeDataY, yDataBefore, 'stable')
yDataBefore = ScopeDataY;