There should be a "unique" option on sort . . .

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Mon Jan 6 23:27:48 EST 2014


On 1/6/14 9:52 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote:

> I think of it this way. An array is like those collecting boxes with
> horizontal and vertical dividers that separate the interior of the
> box into compartments. "Combine" is like lifting out the dividers so
> the contents are no longer each in their own separate compartment,
> they're combined into one space. "Split" is like inserting the
> dividers so the contents are split into their own compartments.
>
> I dunno, it works for me.

That's my visual image too. I think it's because at one of the teaching 
sessions Devin held up an egg carton and said, "this is an array." It 
stuck with me, only now arrays make me hungry.

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