How do I remove duplicates from a C# array?
You could possibly use a LINQ query to do this:
int[] s = { 1, 2, 3, 3, 4};
int[] q = s.Distinct().ToArray();
Here is the HashSet<string> approach:
public static string[] RemoveDuplicates(string[] s)
{
HashSet<string> set = new HashSet<string>(s);
string[] result = new string[set.Count];
set.CopyTo(result);
return result;
}
Unfortunately this solution also requires .NET framework 3.5 or later as HashSet was not added until that version. You could also use array.Distinct(), which is a feature of LINQ.
If you needed to sort it, then you could implement a sort that also removes duplicates.
Kills two birds with one stone, then.