Trimming down a list
Trimming down a list
- Subject: Trimming down a list
- From: Steve Thompson <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 14:34:32 +0100
I have this script
set mrt to {long list of 10,000+ items created from a text file)
set k to {}
repeat with i from 1 to (the number of items in mrt)
if item i of mrt is not in k then set k to k & (item i of mrt)
end repeat
...the idea being that k contains a list of unique items based on whats in
mrt
Is there a quicker way to do this or an OSAX that will do it for me? I did
find one in Akua sweets:
set j to order list mrt with removal of duplicates
But it takes longer than the script above!
Any suggestion gratefully received,
Steve
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