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; NAME:
;   cgSETUNION
;
; PURPOSE:
;   This function is used to find the union between two sets of integers.
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; This function is used to find the union between two sets of integers.
;
;  One alternative for the cgSetUnion algorithm, provided by Maarten Sneep, is simply this::
;      superset = [set_a, set_b]
;      union = superset[Uniq(superset, Sort(superset))]
;
; :Categories:
;    Utilities
;    
; :Returns:
;    A vector of values that are found in the combined integer sets.
;
; :Params:
;    set_a: in, required, type=integer
;       A vector of integers.
;    set_b: in, required, type=integer
;       A vector of integers.
;
; :Examples:
;     IDL> set_a = [1,2,3,4,5]
;     IDL> set_b = [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]
;     IDL> Print, cgSetUnion(set_a, set_b)
;          1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11
;
;     See http://www.idlcoyote.com/tips/set_operations.html for other types of set operations.
;
; :Author:
;    FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING::
;       David W. Fanning
;       1645 Sheely Drive
;       Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
;       Phone: 970-221-0438
;       E-mail: david@idlcoyote.com
;       Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com
;
; :History:
;     Change History::
;         Written by: David W. Fanning, November 25, 2009, from code originally supplied to the IDL
;             newsgroup by Research Systems software engineers.
;
; :Copyright:
;     Copyright (c) 2009-2013, Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
;-
FUNCTION cgSetUnion, set_a, set_b
    
    Compile_Opt StrictArr, DefInt32
    
    ; Error handling.
    Catch, theError
    IF theError NE 0 THEN BEGIN
      Catch, /CANCEL
      void = cgErrorMsg()
      RETURN, ""
    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]
   
   ; Find and return the unique indices in the two sets.
   h = Histogram([set_a, set_b], OMIN=omin)
   RETURN, Where(h GT 0) + omin 
   
END