How do I remove repeated elements from ArrayList?

Question

Any sample code in C or Java would be helpful?

Answer 1

If you don't care the ordering of the elements in the ArrayList, a clever way is to put the list into a set to remove duplication, and then to move it back to the list. Here is the code

ArrayList** list = ... // initial a list with duplicate elements
Set<Integer> set = new HashSet<Integer>(list);
list.clear();
list.addAll(set);

If you DO care about the ordering, order can be preserved by putting a list into a LinkedHashSet which is in the standard JDK.