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Re: Unique List

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  • Subject: [mg383] Re: [mg358] Unique List
  • From: wmm at chem.wayne.edu (Martin McClain)
  • Date: Fri, 30 Dec 94 12:52:18 EST

>OK, time for a little fun...

How come nobody remembered Union? It needs no package; it is one of the
core operators.  Also, this one maintains the random order of the original
trials.  And thanks to Dana Scott for the improvement 42->52.


len=5;
While[len != 6,
	       hand = Table[Random[Integer,{1,52}],{6}];
	       len = Length[Union[hand]]
	     ]
hand

I think a lot of us forget that readability is very important to
non-hotshot users of Mathematica, who are the audience.

Martin McClain



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