Thank you, CF 10! This makes things much simpler.

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Description

Removes duplicate values (if they exist) in a list.

Returns

List sans duplicate values

History

ColdFusion 10: Added this function

Syntax

ListRemoveDuplicates(list[, delimiter] [, ignoreCase])

Properties

Parameter	Description
list	Required. List of objects.
delimiter	Optional. Character(s) that separate list elements. The default value is comma. .
ignoreCase	Optional. If true, ignores the case of strings in the list. By default the value is set to false.

Example

<cfscript>                 myList = "one,two,three,four,five,one,five,three"                 newList = listremoveduplicates(myList);                 //default delimeter is ","                 //newList contains "one,two,three,four,five" </cfscript>

<cfscript>                 myList = "one,two,three,four,five,ONE,TWO,THREE"                 newList = listremoveduplicates(myList, ",", true);     //newList contains "one,two,three,four,five" </cfscript>

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