selecting unique rows

I have an matrix of 6 columns,all columns have repeated numbers,now i want to select only unique values of that matrix ,please help

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EDIT [23:27(UTC+4) 18.01.2012]
a = [1 2 7 8 9 0
2 2 71 2 4 1];
out0 = a(all(diff(sort(a,2),1,2) > 1e4*eps,2),:)
out1 = sortrows(out0);
loc = [true;all(diff(out1,1,1),2)];
out = out1(loc,:);

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kash
kash on 18 Jan 2012
andrei am not gtting exact result plz look at my file and result
http://www.sendspace.com/file/knqbjv
every column has same values,,i nees only unique values in every column

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TAB
TAB on 18 Jan 2012
Type
>> doc unique
on your command window
Wayne King
Wayne King on 18 Jan 2012
C = unique(A,'rows');
Selects the unique rows of the matrix A in sorted order. Is that what you mean?

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kash
kash on 18 Jan 2012
no wayne not in sorted order,I have 6 columns in that i have many repeating numbers
ex
1 2 7 8 9 0
2 2 71 2 4 1
2 10 3 8 5 0
my matrix has many repeated numbers,1st,2nd 4th,6th,i need only unique values
then just unique(A)
kash
kash on 18 Jan 2012
no wayne i tried this and did not get result
I think you need to make your use case clearer, with your above example, show us what you want the output to look like.
kash
kash on 18 Jan 2012
i my matrix my first column has repeated values
so
1 2 7 8 9 0
2 2 71 2 4 1
now 2nd column has repeating values
si i need as
1 2 7 8 9 0
like this i have 32000 rows and 6 columns
a = [1 2 7 8 9 0
2 2 71 2 4 1];
out = a(all(diff(sort(a,2),1,2) > 1e4*eps,2),:)

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