uniquesa#

Purpose#

Removes duplicate elements from a string vector.

Note

uniquesa() is deprecated. Instances of this function should be replaced by unique().

Format#

y = uniquesa(sv)#

Parameters:: sv (Nx1 or 1xN string vector) – data
Returns:: y (sorted Mx1 string vector) – containing all unique elements found in sv.

Examples#

// Create a 8x1 string array
string comTrades = { "corn", "gold", "soybeans", "silver", "coffee",
                     "oil", "silver", "soybeans" };

// Return an alphabetized string array containing the
// unique elements from 'comTrades'
commodity = uniquesa(comTrades);

After the code above, the variables comTrades and commodity will be equal to:

                 corn
                 gold                  coffee
             soybeans                    corn
comTrades =    silver   commodity =      gold
               coffee                     oil
                  oil                  silver
               silver                soybeans
             soybeans

Remarks#

It is important to note that the return from uniquesa() will always be a column vector, even if the input string array is a row vector.

Source#

uniquesa.src