;+
; NAME:
;  SETDIFFERENCE
;
; PURPOSE:
;
;   This function is used to find the difference between two sets of integers.
;   In other words, the function will find the values that are in Set A but
;   are missing in Set B.
;
; AUTHOR:
;
;   FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING
;   David Fanning, Ph.D.
;   1645 Sheely Drive
;   Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
;   Phone: 970-221-0438
;   E-mail: davidf@dfanning.com
;   Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
;
; CATEGORY:
;
;   Utilities
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;
;   difference = SetDifference(set_a, set_b)
;
; RETURN VALUE:
;
;   difference:  A vector of values that are found in set_a but are missing in set_b.
;
; ARGUMENTS:
;
;   set_a:         A vector of integers.
;   
;   set_b:         A vector of integers.
;
; KEYWORDRS:
;
;  NORESULT:       Set this keyword to a value that will be returned from the function
;                  if no difference between the two sets of numbers is found. By default, set_a.
;                  
;  SUCCESS:        An output keyword that is set to 1 if a difference was found, and to 0 otherwise.
;   
; EXAMPLE:
;
;  IDL> set_a = [1,2,3,4,5]
;  IDL> set_b = [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]
;  IDL> Print, SetDifference(set_a, set_b)
;          1  2  3 
;
;  See http://www.dfanning.com/tips/set_operations.html for other types of set operations.
;  
; NOTES:
; 
;  If you read the Set Operations article pointed to above, you will see quite a lot of
;  discussion about what kinds of algorithms are faster than others. The Histogram 
;  algorithms implemented here are sometimes NOT the fastest algorithms, especially 
;  for sparse arrays. If this is a concern in your application, please be sure to read
;  that article.
;  
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
;
;  Written by: David W. Fanning, November 25, 2009, from code originally supplied to the IDL
;     newsgroup by Research Systems software engineers.
;-
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FUNCTION SetDifference, set_a, set_b, $
    NORESULT=noresult, $
    SUCCESS=success
    
    Compile_Opt StrictArr, DefInt32
    
    ; Set up noresult value.
    IF N_Elements(noresult) EQ 0 THEN noresult = set_a
    
    ; Error handling.
    Catch, theError
    IF theError NE 0 THEN BEGIN
      Catch, /CANCEL
      void = Error_Message()
      success = 0
      RETURN, noresult
    ENDIF
    
    ; Check parameters.
    IF N_Params() NE 2 THEN Message, 'Two input parameters or sets are required.'
    
    ; The input sets must be integers.
    IF (Size(set_a, /TYPE) GT 3) AND (Size(set_a, /TYPE) LT 12) THEN $
        Message, 'Set A must be an integer array.'
    IF (Size(set_b, /TYPE) GT 3) AND (Size(set_b, /TYPE) LT 12) THEN $
        Message, 'Set B must be an integer array.'

    ; If either of the sets is a scalar, make it a vector.
    IF N_Elements(set_a) EQ 1 && (Size(set_a))[0] EQ 0 THEN set_a = [set_a]
    IF N_Elements(set_b) EQ 1 && (Size(set_b))[0] EQ 0 THEN set_b = [set_b]

    ; Assume success.
    success = 1
  
    ; Find the set ranges.
    mina = Min(set_a, Max=maxa)
    minb = Min(set_b, Max=maxb)
    
    ; If no overlap, return no result.
    IF (minb GT maxa) OR (maxb LT mina) THEN BEGIN
        success = 0
        RETURN, noresult 
    ENDIF

    ; Otherwise find the indices in A that are not in B.
    r = Where((Histogram(set_a, Min=mina, Max=maxa) NE 0) AND $
             ( Histogram(set_b, Min=mina, Max=maxa) EQ 0), count)
             
    ; Return the result.
    IF count EQ 0 THEN BEGIN
        success = 0
        RETURN, noresult 
    ENDIF ELSE RETURN, r + mina
    
END