[Gambas-user] Get distinct array from large array

[Jussi Lahtinen]

yyy = xxx.Copy()

Jussi

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 5:54 AM Safiur Rahman <isafiur at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I want to get a string array of distinct items from another string array
> which has large count (about a million). I hope Benoît will add a function
> for this. Till then what can be the fastest way to get array of distinct
> items?
>
> I am using following code to achieve that. But it is slow
>
> Dim yyy As String[]
>   Dim xx As String
>
>   yyy = New String[]
>   For Each xx In xxx
>     If yyy.Count = 0 Then
>       yyy.Add(xx)
>     Else If yyy.Count > 0 Then
>       If yyy.Find(xx, gb.Binary) = -1 Then
>         yyy.Add(xx)
>       Endif
>     Endif
>   Next
>
> --
> Regards
> Safiur Rahman
>
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