After sorting through the array, just loop through it and see if the next value equals the current value.
Writing one FOR loop isn't going to kill you :) On Jun 30, 8:59 am, few1938 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to detect whenever an array has a duplicate value and then > produce an alert to the user that a dupe exists with the value of the > dupe. > > Reading 'Prototype & Scriptaculous IN ACTION', I have been able to > begin the coding to obtain the textarea values and sort the resultant > array. I am having trouble coding the duplicate value detection. > > Here is my limited code: > var txtarea = $F('txtarea4').split(/[\n\r]+/); > var atxtarea = $A(txtarea).sort(); > > I think I should use the .detect or .any methods. > > Frank --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---