uniq!() public

Removes duplicate elements from self.

If a block is given, it will use the return value of the block for comparison.

It compares values using their #hash and #eql? methods for efficiency.

self is traversed in order, and the first occurrence is kept.

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

c = [["student","sam"], ["student","george"], ["teacher","matz"]]
c.uniq! {|s| s.first}   # => [["student", "sam"], ["teacher", "matz"]]
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