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# ISDifference

Computes the difference between two index sets.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscis.h"
    PetscErrorCode  ISDifference(IS is1,IS is2,IS *isout)

Collective on IS

### Input Parameter

| is1 | - first index, to have items removed from it
| is2 | - index values to be removed

### Output Parameters

isout -is1 - is2

### Notes

Negative values are removed from the lists. is2 may have values that are not in is1. This requires O(imax-imin) memory and O(imax-imin) work, where imin and imax are the bounds on the indices in is1.

### See Also

ISDestroy(), ISView(), ISSum(), ISExpand()

Level:intermediate
Location: src/vec/is/is/utils/isdiff.c
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