CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
I saw a function here for removing dupes from lists and queries, but not one for arrays. Here's one I've been using for a while.

Return Values:
Returns an array.

Example:

myArray = ["1","2","1","3","1","4"];
myArray = deDupeArray(myArray);

result: ["1","2","3","4"]

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Removes duplicate values from an array.
 * 
 * @param inputArray      Array to dedupe. (Required)
 * @return Returns an array. 
 * @author Dave Anderson (the.one.true.dave.anderson@gmail.com) 
 * @version 1, April 26, 2012 
 */
public array function deDupeArray(required array inputArray) {
    local.arrList = arrayToList(inputArray);
    local.retArr = inputArray;
    for (local.i = arrayLen(inputArray);i gte 1;i=i-1) {
        if (listValueCountNoCase(arrList,inputArray[i]) gt 1) {
            arrayDeleteAt(retArr,i);
            arrList = arrayToList(retArr);
        }
    }
    return retArr;
}