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- ToSet
- Cast type to SET.
- Usage
- ToSet(x)
- Arguments
- x (ARRAY or SET or LIST)
- Returned Object
- The value returned by ToSet has type SET. If x is Undef, returns Undef.
- Description
- Transforms any set type (ARRAY, SET or LIST) to a SET whenever possible. It is always possible to cast an ARRAY to a set, but a LIST can only be cast to a set if all its element have identical type.
- Note
- This function may be useful to remove duplicated elements from an array (cf. examples)
- See Also
- ToArray,
ToList,
ToString.
Examples
AML>a = [1,2,2,2,3,2,4,4,4,2,3,2]
<ARRAY(INT)> [1,2,2,2,3,2,4,4,4,2,3,2]
AML> b = ToSet(a)
<SET(INT)>[1,2,3,4]
AML> # c corresponds to arraya where duplicated element shave
been removed
AML> c = ToArray(b)
<ARRAY(INT)>[1,2,3,4]
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