in reply to Unique values in array

If you don't mind losing order then you can just 'hashify' it e.g
my @array = qw/ foo bar baz foo quux baz /; print map "$_\n", keys %{ {map {$_ => 1} @array} }; __output__ foo quux baz bar

HTH

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Re: Re: Unique values in array
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 27, 2003 at 15:09 UTC
    Thank you, it now works. If possible can you please explain what is going on in this statement?
    print map "$_\n", keys %{ {map {$_ => 1} @array} };
    I am lost on the keys and map part??
      Alrighty, let's break it down then
      map { $_ => 1 } @array
      For each value in @array apply the transform in the block (denoted by the curly braces), in this case create a two element list consisting of each element of the list and a literal 1, collect the output of those transforms and return them as a list. So the map creates a list of key-value pairs (although the value is superfluous in this case) perfect for a hash ...
      { map { $_ => 1 } @array }
      The extra curly braces around the map statement create an anonymous hash, so all duplicate keys in the list created by map are collapsed in the anonymous hash.
      keys %{ {map {$_ => 1} @array} }
      Dereference the anonymous hash created and return a list of its keys.
      print map "$_\n", keys %{ {map {$_ => 1} @array} };
      The final map then simply a creates a list where each key has a \n appended and then print prints that list.
      HTH

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      broquaint

        Thank you for all the explanations!