Problem 42502. Combine Data With Gaps

Created by Monica Roberts

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Combine data sets a and b where the datasets have "gaps" or unique points.
Example:
Input
a = [1,0;
     2,1;
     3,5;
     5,2;
     6,3];
b = [1,2;
     3,6;
     4,3;
     6,4]
Output
d = [1,0,2;
     2,1,0;
     3,5,6;
     4,0,3;
     5,2,0;
     6,3,4];
Where d is the combination of a and b.
Where there are gaps in a and b, there should be zeros in the resulting matrix.

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Peng Liu on 10 Aug 2015

You test suite should be corrected as

assert(isequal(comb_gap(a,b),d_correct))

Monica Roberts on 10 Aug 2015

Thanks for the correction

Asif Newaz on 17 Apr 2020

ur problem description is quite vague

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