*REMOVE_DUPLICATES Function

Syntax

New_List as C = *REMOVE_DUPLICATES(C list_on_values[,C delimiter])

Arguments

New_List: A list with duplicates removed.
list_on_values: The original list.
delimiter: Optional. Default = CR-LF. The character expression that separates entries in the list.

Description

Remove duplicate sequential entries from the list.

Discussion

The *REMOVE_DUPLICATES() function removes duplicate entries from a list. The list must be sorted in ascending order first. Limitation: The Old_List argument is case sensitive.

Example

dim list as C
list = <<%str%
one
two
three
four
Two
one
%str%
list = sortsubstr(list, crlf() )
? *remove_duplicates(list)
= four
one
three
Two
two