Another way.....in constant (long) time. 

#! perl -w
use Quantum::Superpositions;
use strict;
local ($,=", ", $\="\n");
my @ary = qw/ 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9/;
my @unique = eigenstates(any(@ary));
print @ary;
print @unique;

my @dStrings = qw/ alpha alpha bravo charlie delta echo foxtrot charli
+e golf golf golf hotel india/;
my @uStrings = eigenstates(any(@dStrings));
print @dStrings;
print @uStrings;

my @chars = eigenstates(any(split //, "the quick brown fox jumps over 
+the lazy dog"));
print sort @chars;
__DATA__
C:\test>181519
1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
alpha, alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, charlie, golf, gol
+f, golf, hotel,
 india
bravo, charlie, india, golf, delta, hotel, alpha, echo, foxtrot
 , a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w
+, x, y, z

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In reply to Re: How do I find if an array has duplicate elements, if so discard it? by BrowserUk
in thread How do I find if an array has duplicate elements, if so discard it? by toddprof

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