[R] Removing duplicates from a list

Dimitris Rizopoulos d.rizopoulos at erasmusmc.nl
Wed Jan 14 14:25:27 CET 2009


have a look at ?unique(), e.g.,

unique(c(1,2,3,4,5,2,1))


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


glenn wrote:
> For a list say;
> 
> list1<-{1,2,3,4,5,2,1}
> 
> How do I remove the duplicates please?
> My real list is 20,000 obs long of dates with many duplicates
> 
> Regards
> 
> Glenn
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