How to make difference between two cell array?

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>> NS
NS =
11×1 cell array
[ 1]
[ 2]
[ 3]
[ 4]
[ 5]
[1×2 double]
[1×2 double]
[1×2 double]
[1×2 double]
[1×3 double]
[1×3 double]
>> setL
setL =
1×7 cell array
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1×2 double] [1×2 double] [1×2 double]
I want to obtain element that contains in NS and not in setL
  2 Comments
Rik
Rik on 2 Dec 2019
You mean something like setdiff?
Mira le
Mira le on 2 Dec 2019
yes, but how can I use sediff in cell array?

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Accepted Answer

JESUS DAVID ARIZA ROYETH
JESUS DAVID ARIZA ROYETH on 2 Dec 2019
solution:
NSbutnotsetL=NS(~cellfun(@(y) any(cellfun(@(x) isequal(x,y),setL)),NS))

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Matt J
Matt J on 2 Dec 2019
fun=@(c) num2str(c,'%.20d ');
A=cellfun(fun,NS,'uni',0);
B=cellfun(fun,setL,'uni',0);
[~,ia]=setdiff(A,B);
result=NS(ia)

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