Re: Return different values of a list
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- Subject: [mg49433] Re: Return different values of a list
- From: "David W. Cantrell" <DWCantrell at sigmaxi.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:53:23 -0400 (EDT)
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"Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh at snafu.de> wrote:
> Given a list containing repeating values like e.g.
>
> x={a,b,c,a,c}
>
> I would like to produce a list containing each element just once
> i.e.
>
> y={a,b,c}
>
> What is the easiest way to accomplish this?
In[1]:= Union[{a,b,c,a,c}]
Out[1]= {a,b,c}
David Cantrell