in reply to Re^6: Get just the unique value
in thread Get just the unique value

Maybe if you gave us the desired output...

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Re^8: Get just the unique value
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 05, 2013 at 18:59 UTC
    Sure, the end result is that $data only holds the unique values: From this:
    my $data = [ { 'type' => 'Paper' }, { 'type' => 'Paper' }, { 'type' => 'Plastic' }, { 'type' => 'Plastic' }, { 'type' => 'Plastic' }, { 'type' => 'Plastic' }, { 'type' => 'Cotton' }, { 'type' => 'Cotton' }, { 'type' => 'Cotton' }, { 'type' => 'Cotton' }, { 'type' => 'Cotton' }, { 'type' => 'Paper' }, { 'type' => 'Paper' }, { 'type' => 'Paper' }, { 'type' => 'Paper' }, { 'type' => 'Paper' }, ];
    To that:
    $data = [ { 'type' => 'Paper' }, { 'type' => 'Plastic' }, { 'type' => 'Cotton' }, ];
      hdb's code does exactly that, albeit sorted.