On Jul 30, Kirby_Sarah said: >I have instances where I want to delete duplicate elements out of an array. >Is there an easy way to do this?
Yes, and the FAQ tells you: perldoc -q duplicate or perldoc -q unique depending on which version of Perl you've got. (Newer versions have it under "uplicate".) The FAQ is also online at http://www.perldoc.com/. http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/pod/perlfaq4.html#How-can-I-remove-duplicate-elements-from-a-list-or-array- -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]