From: Andrei Baskakov on
Yes, I'm using it also. But this function (as I undestand) first set's to zero given elements and then removes zeros from a sparse matrix. I wonder whether it will be really faster to modify setsparse so it only removes elements.

I'm examining sources of setsparse function
> You might want to try this tool:
> http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23488-sparse-sub-access
> A=setsparse(A,I1,I1,0);
> Bruno