Speaking of Filter and Match...

[Tweedly]

split tVar by CR
combine tVar by CR

If you don’t need to keep them in order.
Alex


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> On 13 Mar 2022, at 04:14, Terry Judd via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> There are sure to be more elegant ways but you could just rebuild the list skipping the duplicates as you go
> 
> # tList1 contains original list
> put cr into tList2
> repeat for each line x in tList1
>    if tList2 contains cr&x&cr then # ensures you check whole not partial lines
>        # do nothing
>   else
>        put x&cr after tList2
>    end if
> end repeat
> put char 2 to -2 of tList2 into tList2 # delete the leading and trailing returns
> 
> If you need to retain line specific formatting in the field though you’ll need a different approach.
> 
> Terry…
> 
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> 
> From: use-livecode <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com> on behalf of Roger Guay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Date: Sunday, 13 March 2022 at 1:55 pm
> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Cc: Roger Guay <irog at mac.com>
> Subject: Speaking of Filter and Match...
> I have a field with about a thousand lines with many duplicate lines, and I want to delete the duplicates. Seems like this should be simple but I am running around in circles. Can anyone help me with this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Roger
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