Re: [Series-users] delete-duplicates equivalent

[Raymond T. <to...@rt...>]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Dean <ct...@so...> writes:

    Chris> The delete-duplicates function has the nice feature of being able to
    Chris> define test to compare elements:

    Chris>   (delete-duplicates '("3" "1" "4" "1" "5" "9") :test #'string-equal)
    Chris>   => ("3" "4" "1" "5" "9")

    Chris> What's the equivalent idiom in series?  Should I just write
    Chris> series-delete-duplicates?

Off the top of my head, I don't think you can.  To delete the
duplicates (naively), you have to scan the list several times, or keep
additional information, or sort it.  Series doesn't like that.

I think I'd just collect the series, delete the duplicates, and scan
the list again.

Ray