There are sure to be more elegant ways but you could just rebuild the list
skipping the duplicates as you go
# tList1 contains original list
put cr into tList2
repeat for each line x in tList1
if tList2 contains cr&x&cr then # ensures you check whole not partial lines
# do nothing
else
put x&cr after tList2
end if
end repeat
put char 2 to -2 of tList2 into tList2 # delete the leading and trailing returns
If you need to retain line specific formatting in the field though you’ll need
a different approach.
Terry…
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From: use-livecode <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> on behalf of Roger
Guay via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>
Date: Sunday, 13 March 2022 at 1:55 pm
To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>
Cc: Roger Guay <i...@mac.com>
Subject: Speaking of Filter and Match...
I have a field with about a thousand lines with many duplicate lines, and I
want to delete the duplicates. Seems like this should be simple but I am
running around in circles. Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks,
Roger
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