I usually uses a java.util.HashSet for this type of thing.  Just add all
your items to the set, and then get the list of items via the Iterator
returned by the Set.iterator() method.  Unfortunately, CF can't handle
native Java arrays or you could use the toArray() method, but such is life.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Owens, Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 4:25 PM
  To: CF-Talk
  Subject: Hashtable in CF?

  Well, I don't know if a hashtable is exactly what I need since I'm not 100
  percent familiar with that kind of datastructure.

  But what I do need is a function that feeds in a long list of delminated
  data and parses out one copy of each unique value (where each value might
be
  repeated several times).

  If I have a list of (2,2,1,3,4,1,2,1)

  How do I get (2,1,3,4) // order isn't important // ?

  You ever do anything like this? Sample code to share? A suggested
algorithm?

  (Actually, as I write this, an idea springs to mind, but I'll post anyway
in
  case there's a better idea out there or something I can learn from).

  H.

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