struniq.c   [plain text]


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*              Information and Software Systems Research               *
*                            AT&T Research                             *
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*                 Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com>                  *
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*                   Phong Vo <kpv@research.att.com>                    *
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#pragma prototyped
/*
 * struniq - uniq a sorted argv
 * 0 sentinel is neither expected nor restored
 *
 * Glenn Fowler
 * David Korn
 * AT&T Research
 */

#include <ast.h>

int
struniq(char** argv, int n)
{
	register char**	ao;
	register char**	an;
	register char**	ae;

	ao = an = argv;
	ae = ao + n;
	while (++an < ae)
	{
		while (streq(*ao, *an))
			if (++an >= ae)
				return ao - argv + 1;
		*++ao = *an;
	}
	return ao - argv + 1;
}