Hi,

I have an array structure as given below

$array1 = [[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54139',
'15',
'368531',
'NF',
'5',
'10'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54139',
'15',
'368534',
'CO',
'5',
'10'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54181',
'10',
'368741',
'NF',
'4',
'6'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54181',
'10',
'368742',
'NF',
'6',
'0'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54177',
'10',
'368756',
'NF',
'10',
'0'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54179',
'10',
'368781',
'NF',
'10',
'0'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54178',
'10',
'368817',
'NF',
'10',
'0'
],[
 'NY01:080721:13784',
 'NY01:080721:54178',
 '10',
 '368729',
 'NO',
 '0',
 '0'
 ]];

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The array contains value1,value2,value3,value4,value5,value6,value7 From the above array, how can I eliminate duplicate entry based on the value1,value2 and value3.and Result should store as 

$array1 = [[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54139',
'15',
'368534',
'CO',
'5',
'10'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54181',
'10',
'368742',
'NF',
'6',
'0'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54177',
'10',
'368756',
'NF',
'10',
'0'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54179',
'10',
'368781',
'NF',
'10',
'0'
],[
'NY01:080721:13784',
'NY01:080721:54178',
'10',
'368817',
'NF',
'10',
'0'
]];

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Can anyone please provide a solution for this?
Thanks

In reply to How to Eliminate duplicate entry by Anonymous Monk

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