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Re: DeleteDuplicates is too slow?

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  • Subject: [mg107195] Re: [mg107150] DeleteDuplicates is too slow?
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 03:22:30 -0500 (EST)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

n = 100000;

data = RandomInteger[{0, 9}, {n, 2}] // N;

Length[DeleteDuplicates[data, #1[[1]] === #2[[1]] &]] // Timing

{1.39164,10}

Length[Union[data, SameTest -> (#1[[1]] === #2[[1]] &)]] // Timing

{0.289784,10}


Bob Hanlon

---- "Zeringue wrote: 

=============
Hello,

Suppose you have the following.

Data = RandomReal[1,{N,2}];

sameQ[_,_]=False;
sameQ[{x_,y_},{x_,z_}]=True;

Timing[DeleteDuplicates[data,sameQ]][[1]];

If N is a large number this takes an ungodly amount of time?

Is there a more efficient way to delete the duplicate entries of Data ?

ie.

Data = {{1.,2.},{1.,3.},{2.,3.}};

Would become:
{{1.,2.},{ 2.,3.}};


Thanks,


Clint Zeringue



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