ListRemoveDuplicates

De-duplicates a delimited list - either case-sensitively or case-insenstively

Method Signature

ListRemoveDuplicates(list=[string], delimiter=[string], ignoreCase=[boolean], includeEmptyFields=[boolean], multiCharacterDelimiter=[boolean])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
list	string	true	The list to deduplicate
delimiter	string	false	The delimiter of the list	,
ignoreCase	boolean	false	Whether case should be ignored or not during deduplication - defaults to false	false
includeEmptyFields	boolean	false		false
multiCharacterDelimiter	boolean	false		false

Examples

Basic usage (case-sensitive)

Basic usage. Optional arguments left as defaults.

Run Example

listRemoveDuplicates( "one,two,three,four,five,one,five,three" );

Result: one,two,three,four,five

Optional arguments usage (ignore case = true)

Optional arguments being set. Ignore case set to true

Run Example

listRemoveDuplicates( "one,two,three,four,five,ONE,TWO,THREE", ",", true );

Result: one,two,three,four,five

Additional Examples

Run Example

lst = "cat,mouse,dog,cat,cow,goat,sheep,cat,dog";
writeoutput( lst );
writeoutput( "<hr>" );
// new list with duplicates removed
lst = ListRemoveDuplicates( lst );
writeoutput( lst );

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• ListEach

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• ListFilter

• ListFind

• ListFindNoCase

• ListFirst

• ListGetAt

• ListGetEndings

• ListIndexExists

• ListInsertAt

• ListItemTrim

• ListLast

• ListLen

• ListMap

• ListNone

• ListPrepend

• ListQualify

• ListReduceRight

• ListRest

• ListSetAt

• ListSome

• ListSort

• ListToArray

• ListTrim

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