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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} create_set (@var{x})
## Return a row vector containing the unique values in @var{x}, sorted in
## ascending order.  For example,
## 
## @example
## @group
## create_set ([ 1, 2; 3, 4; 4, 2 ])
##      @result{} [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
## @end group
## @end example
## @end deftypefn

## See also: union, intersection, complement

## Author: jwe

function y = create_set(x)

  if ( nargin != 1)
    usage ("create_set(x)");
  endif

  if(isempty(x))
    y = [];
  else
    [nrx, ncx] = size(x);
    nelx = nrx*ncx;
    x = reshape(x,1,nelx);
    y = zeros(1,nelx);

    x = sort(x);
    cur_val = y(1) = x(1);
    yindex = xindex = 2;

    while (xindex <= nelx)
      if(cur_val != x(xindex))
        cur_val = x(xindex);
        y(yindex++) = cur_val;
      endif
      xindex++;
    endwhile
    y = y(1:(yindex-1));
  endif

endfunction