I don't think it does count as brute force. davorg may disagree, of course, but here are my two cents.

This is brute force:
(Note: this is deliberately not perl-idiom, just to be obtuse...) 

my @Unique;
for (my $i = 0; $i != @Arr; $i++){
  my $Val = $Arr[$i];
  my $Found = 0;
  for (my $j = 0; $j != @Unique; $j++){
    if ($Val == $Unique[$j]){
      $Found = 1;
      last;
    }
  }
  if (not $Found){
    push @Unique, $Val;
  }
}
print 'Unique values are: ', join ', ', @Unique;

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Now, in perl idiom, we do all that in one line using a hash. Of course, the specific problem we are solving here would be much simpler, even in 'C' mentality...

I guess my definition of brute-force is "the opposite of perl idiom."

Russ
Brainbench 'Most Valuable Professional' for Perl

In reply to RE: RE: Re: All array elements the same? by Russ
in thread All array elements the same? by Grumpy

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