On Jun 30, Dan Fish said: >What is the most efficient (or at least AN efficient :-) way of obtaining a >slice from an array wherein the slice contains only unique values found in >the array?
>if @array = (1,3,5,5,3,5,2,1) then @slice = (1,3,5,2) This is FAQ. perldoc -q unique Found in /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502/pod/perlfaq4.pod How can I extract just the unique elements of an 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]
