Try grep:

push @array, $item unless grep { $_ eq $item } @array;

http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/grep.html


Jason Elbaum


On 10/8/07, Ernst, Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I want to enter items to array only if they does not exits there(i need 1 
> item of each type)
>
> if i have     a b c d d d c
> the array will have
>
> a b c d
>
> i saw the function exists but it is for hash not array  (% not @)
>
> does perl have it also for array (@) type?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
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