[thelist] Regex remove repeats
fstorr
fffrancis at fstorr.demon.co.uk
Wed Jan 26 05:02:18 CST 2005
Hi all
I've got a large amount of repeating data that I need to strip down so
that there's only one instance of each name. For example, I've got:
ac/dc,ac/dc,ac/dc,ac/dc,david bowie,david bowie,dixie chicks,dixie
chicks,black sabbath,zz top,zz top,zz top,zz top
I'm stuck on writing a regex that is going to lok ahead to see if the
next item in the comma separated list is the same as the last and, if it
is, to remove it.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Regards
F
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