method

uniq!

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uniq!() public

Removes duplicate elements from self. Returns nil if no changes are made (that is, no duplicates are found).

   a = [ "a", "a", "b", "b", "c" ]
   a.uniq!   #=> ["a", "b", "c"]
   b = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
   b.uniq!   #=> nil

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     array.uniq! -> array or nil
 *  
 *  Removes duplicate elements from _self_.
 *  Returns <code>nil</code> if no changes are made (that is, no
 *  duplicates are found).
 *     
 *     a = [ "a", "a", "b", "b", "c" ]
 *     a.uniq!   #=> ["a", "b", "c"]
 *     b = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
 *     b.uniq!   #=> nil
 */

static VALUE
rb_ary_uniq_bang(ary)
    VALUE ary;
{
    VALUE hash, v, vv;
    long i, j;

    hash = ary_make_hash(ary, 0);

    if (RARRAY(ary)->len == RHASH(hash)->tbl->num_entries) {
        return Qnil;
    }
    for (i=j=0; i<RARRAY(ary)->len; i++) {
        v = vv = rb_ary_elt(ary, i);
        if (st_delete(RHASH(hash)->tbl, (st_data_t*)&vv, 0)) {
            rb_ary_store(ary, j++, v);
        }
    }
    RARRAY(ary)->len = j;

    return ary;
}

uniq!

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