Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: List.FindDuplicateItems

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List.FindDuplicateItems

Finds duplicate items in the list.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
List	10.5	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

MBS( "List.FindDuplicateItems"; List { ; NoReturnEnding; CaseInsensitive } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

List The list to process. "Hello" ¶ "Hello" ¶ "World"

NoReturnEnding Pass 1 to have no extra newline character on the end of the returned list. Default is 0 to include one to easily concat lists. 1 Optional

CaseInsensitive Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 14.0 or newer.
Whether to perform comparison case insensitve.
By default we do case sensitive operations, which are faster.
Pass 1 for insensitve or 0 for sensitive. 0 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
List	The list to process.	"Hello" ¶ "Hello" ¶ "World"
NoReturnEnding	Pass 1 to have no extra newline character on the end of the returned list. Default is 0 to include one to easily concat lists.	1	Optional
CaseInsensitive	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 14.0 or newer. Whether to perform comparison case insensitve. By default we do case sensitive operations, which are faster. Pass 1 for insensitve or 0 for sensitive.	0	Optional

Result

Returns list or error.

Description

Finds duplicate items in the list.
Returns list with all duplicate items, but only counts each one once.
Similar to List.RemoveDuplicateItems and see also QuickList.FindDuplicateItems.