Re: All componens different
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- Subject: [mg112008] Re: All componens different
- From: Alexei Boulbitch <alexei.boulbitch at iee.lu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
Hello, Wolfgang, one idea would be to use the property of the function Union[] to sort with deleting duplicates and to draw the conclusion on the basis of the length comparison: allDifferent1[v_List] := SameQ[Length[Union[v]], Length[v]]; or like this (which is all the same): allDifferent2[v_List] := Length[#] & /@ SameQ[Union[v], v]; (* Below there are two lists to test it *) (* u has all different terms, v has some terms equal to one another *) u = Range[25]; v = Table[RandomInteger[{0, 5}], {25}] allDifferent1[u] allDifferent1[v] True False Regards, Alexei Given a list v of natural numbers I'm looking for a function d[v_] that returns True if all components are different and False otherwise. One solution is d1[v_] := ! Or @@ Flatten[Table[v[[i]] == v[[k]], {i, 1, Length[v]}, {k, i + 1, Length[v]}]] Can you find more efficient (and elegant) solutions? Regards, Wolfgang -- Alexei Boulbitch, Dr. habil. Senior Scientist Material Development IEE S.A. ZAE Weiergewan 11, rue Edmond Reuter L-5326 CONTERN Luxembourg Tel: +352 2454 2566 Fax: +352 2454 3566 Mobile: +49 (0) 151 52 40 66 44 e-mail: alexei.boulbitch at iee.lu www.iee.lu -- This e-mail may contain trade secrets or privileged, undisclosed or otherwise confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this e-mail in error, you are hereby notified that any review, copying or distribution of it is strictly prohibited. Please inform us immediately and destroy the original transmittal from your system. Thank you for your co-operation. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5391 (20100823) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com