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Global Functions > Setdiff()

Setdiff()

setdiff(<list1>,<list2>)
setdiff(<list1>,<list2>,<input delim>,<output delim>)

This function returns the difference of two sets of words--i.e. the elements in <list1> that are not in <list2>. If <list1> contains duplicate words, then each occurrance of a matching word is removed from <list1>, and all other words remain unchanged. Words are matched case-insensitive.

Examples:

Function	Returns
[setdiff(1 2 3,2 4 6)]	1 3
[setdiff(#3 #17 #19 #25 #180,#17)]	#3 #19 #25 #180
[setdiff(Three and seven and ten,and)]	Three seven ten

See also: setinter(), setunion()

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-- SluggyQBFreak - 05 Jan 2006