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//
//
//  Creation Date:  04 January 1999
//
//		Remove all duplicate string items from a string array.  There will be 
//		only one occurrence of each string item in the returned string array.
//		The argument string array is not modified.
//
//	Examples:
//
//  string $list[] = { d, b, c, c, a, a, b };
//  string $shorterList[] = AWRemoveDuplicateStringsFromStringArray($list);
//  // Result : { d, b, c, a } //
//
//	Note: Use stringArrayRemoveDuplicates instead of this script.
//
global proc string [] AWRemoveDuplicateStringsFromStringArray(string $list[])
{
	string $item, $result[];
	int    $index = 0;
	
	for ($item in $list) {
		if (0 == AWNumberOfOccurrencesInStringArray($item, $result)) {
			$result[$index++] = $item;
		}
	}
	
	return $result;
}