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Subject: Re: DeDup an ArrayList
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 09:02:46 -0400
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On 8/4/2016 11:05 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> writes:
>> * Remove duplicates if match equalIgnoreCase
>> * a ArrayList to deDup
>
> public final class Main
> {
>   public static java.util.List< java.lang.String >
>   dedup( final java.util.List< java.lang.String >input )
>   { return
>     input.stream().map( java.lang.String::toLowerCase ).distinct().
>     collect( java.util.stream.Collectors.toList() ); }
>
>   public static void main( final java.lang.String[] args )
>   { final java.util.List< java.lang.String >list
>     = java.util.Arrays.asList( "A", "a", "b" );
>     java.lang.System.out.println( dedup( list )); }}
>
> [a, b]

But:

Arrays.asList( "A", "A", "b" );

also gives:

[a, b]

which may or may not be OK.

Arne