Problem 576. Return elements unique to either input
Given two numeric inputs a and b, return a row vector that contains the numbers found in only a or only b, but not both. For example, the inputs:
a=[1 2 3 4 5];
b=[2 3 4 5 6];
would return [1 6], as 2, 3, 4 and 5 are in both a and b, and can therefore be eliminated. Please sort the returned vector in order from lowest to highest.
You may assume that there is at least one value that meets these criteria in a or b, and there are no NaN or Inf values in either a or b.
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Ned Gulley
on 12 Apr 2012
Your description says the inputs will be vectors, but your test suite includes matrices.
@bmtran (Bryant Tran)
on 13 Apr 2012
+1
James
on 17 Apr 2012
Apologies for the incorrect terminology. The description has been updated.
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