## Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Paul Kienzle
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} unique (@var{x})
##
## Return the unique elements of @var{x}, sorted in ascending order.
## If @var{x} is a row vector, return a row vector, but if @var{x}
## is a column vector or a matrix return a column vector.
##
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} unique (@var{A}, 'rows')
##
## Return the unique rows of @var{A}, sorted in ascending order.
##
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{y}, @var{i}, @var{j}] = } unique (@var{x})
##
## Return index vectors @var{i} and @var{j} such that @code{x(i)==y} and
## @code{y(i)==x}.
##
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{union, intersect, setdiff, setxor, ismember}

function [y, i, j] = unique (x, r)

  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2 || (nargin == 2 && ! strcmp (r, "rows")))
    usage ("unique (x) or unique (x, 'rows')");
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    n = prod (size (x));
  else
    n = size (x, 1);
  endif

  y = x;
  if (n < 1)
    i = j = [];
    return;
  elseif (n < 2)
    i = j = 1;
    return;
  endif

  if (isstr (x))
    y = toascii (y);
  endif

  if (nargin == 2)
    [y, i] = sortrows (y);
    if (iscell (y))
      match = cellfun ("size", y(1:n-1,:), 1) == cellfun ("size", y(2:n,:), 1);
      idx = find (match);
      match(idx) = all (char (y(idx)) == char (y(idx+1)), 2);
      match = all (match');
    else
      match = all ([y(1:n-1,:) == y(2:n,:)]');
    endif
    idx = find (match);
    y(idx,:) = [];
  else
    if (size (y, 1) != 1)
      y = y(:);
    endif
    [y, i] = sort (y);
    if (iscell (y))
      match = cellfun ("length", y(1:n-1)) == cellfun ("length", y(2:n));
      idx = find(match);
      match(idx) = all (char (y(idx)) == char (y(idx+1)), 2);
    else
      match = [y(1:n-1) == y(2:n)];
    endif
    idx = find (match);
    y(idx) = [];
  endif

  ## I don't know why anyone would need reverse indices, but it
  ## was an interesting challenge.  I welcome cleaner solutions.
  if (nargout >= 3)
    j = i;
    j(i) = cumsum (prepad (! match, n, 1));
  endif
  i(idx) = [];

  if (isstr (x))
    y = setstr (y);
  endif

endfunction

%!assert(unique([1 1 2; 1 2 1; 1 1 2]),[1;2])
%!assert(unique([1 1 2; 1 0 1; 1 1 2],'rows'),[1 0 1; 1 1 2])
%!assert(unique([]),[])
%!assert(unique([1]),[1])
%!assert(unique([1 2]),[1 2])
%!assert(unique([1;2]),[1;2])
%!assert(unique([1,NaN,Inf,NaN,Inf]),[1,Inf,NaN,NaN])
%!assert(unique({'Foo','Bar','Foo'}),{'Bar','Foo'})
%!assert(unique({'Foo','Bar','FooBar'}),{'Bar','Foo','FooBar'})