Set Difference VI

Owning Palette: Set VIs and Functions

Requires: Base Development System

Computes the difference of two sets. The difference is the elements from the first set that are not included in the second set.

Details  Example

Add to the block diagram

Find on the palette

	set 1 specifies the first set. This input accepts a set of any data type. The default data type is a set of strings.
	set 2 specifies the second set. This input must be the same data type as set 1. The default data type is a set of strings.
	difference returns a set of elements from set 1 that are not included in set 2.

Set Difference Details

The following figure illustrates how this VI computes the difference of two sets. The two circles represent the two sets. The green section is the difference.

Example

Refer to the Set Collection - Word Counting VI in the labview\examples\Collections directory for an example of using the Set Difference VI.

 Open example  Find related examples