How to delete rows in matrix, where a value is repeated 3 times or more!

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I have the matrix like this:
b =[
1 1 3 6 6 6 6; 1 1 3 6 6 6 7; 1 1 3 6 6 6 8; 1 1 3 6 6 6 9;
1 1 3 6 6 7 7; 1 1 3 6 6 7 8; 1 1 3 6 6 7 9; 1 1 3 6 6 8 8;
1 1 3 6 6 8 9; 1 1 3 6 6 9 9; 1 1 3 6 7 7 7]
I would like to remove all rows, where any value is repeated more than twice. In case of this matrix the rows 1,2,3,4 and 11 should be removed.

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Awais Saeed
Awais Saeed on 14 Dec 2021
Edited: Awais Saeed on 14 Dec 2021
b =[ 1 1 3 6 6 6 6; 1 1 3 6 6 6 7; 1 1 3 6 6 6 8; 1 1 3 6 6 6 9;
1 1 3 6 6 7 7; 1 1 3 6 6 7 8; 1 1 3 6 6 7 9; 1 1 3 6 6 8 8;
1 1 3 6 6 8 9; 1 1 3 6 6 9 9; 1 1 3 6 7 7 7]
b = 11×7
1 1 3 6 6 6 6 1 1 3 6 6 6 7 1 1 3 6 6 6 8 1 1 3 6 6 6 9 1 1 3 6 6 7 7 1 1 3 6 6 7 8 1 1 3 6 6 7 9 1 1 3 6 6 8 8 1 1 3 6 6 8 9 1 1 3 6 6 9 9
delRow = [];
for row = 1:1:size(b,1)
x = b(row,:);
[~,~, counts] = unique(x);
counts = accumarray(counts,1).';
if (max(counts)>=3) % if number is repeated more than twice then
delRow = [delRow row]; % save row numbers and delete them later
end
end
b(delRow,:)=[] % delete those row now
b = 6×7
1 1 3 6 6 7 7 1 1 3 6 6 7 8 1 1 3 6 6 7 9 1 1 3 6 6 8 8 1 1 3 6 6 8 9 1 1 3 6 6 9 9

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