[Gambas-user] I need a hint on how to deleted duplicate items in a array

[Fernando Cabral]

Hi

I have a sorted array that may contain several repeated items scattered all
over.

I have to do two different things at different times:
a) Eliminate the duplicates leaving a single specimen from each repeated
item;
b) Eliminate the duplicates but having a count of the original number.

So, if I have, say

A
B
B
C
D
D

In the first option, I want to have
A
B
C
D
In the second option, I want to have
1 A
2 B
1 C
2 D

Any hints on how to do this using some Gambas buit in method?

Note; Presently I have been doing it using external calls to
the utilities sort and uniq.

Regards

- fernando


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