What is the fastest / most efficient way of getting all the distinct items from a list?
I have a List<string> that possibly has multiple repeating items in it and only want the unique values within the list.
Getting unique items from a list
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In .Net 2.0 I`m pretty sure about this solution:
public IEnumerable<T> Distinct<T>(IEnumerable<T> source)
{
List<T> uniques = new List<T>();
foreach (T item in source)
{
if (!uniques.Contains(item)) uniques.Add(item);
}
return uniques;
}
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