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-rw-r--r--builtin.c1
-rw-r--r--docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml12
-rw-r--r--testdata4
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin.c b/builtin.c
index 43cfe267..a3c1f78b 100644
--- a/builtin.c
+++ b/builtin.c
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static const char* jq_builtins[] = {
"def select(f): if f then . else empty end;",
"def sort_by(f): _sort_by_impl(map([f]));",
"def group_by(f): _group_by_impl(map([f]));",
+ "def unique: group_by(.) | map(.[0]);",
};
diff --git a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
index 0e16a495..2e616e14 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
@@ -542,6 +542,18 @@ sections:
input: '[{"foo":1, "bar":10}, {"foo":3, "bar":100}, {"foo":1, "bar":1}]'
output: ['[[{"foo":1, "bar":10}, {"foo":1, "bar":1}], [{"foo":3, "bar":100}]]']
+ - title: `unique`
+ body: |
+
+ The `unique` function takes as input an array and produces
+ an array of the same elements, in sorted order, with
+ duplicates removed.
+
+ examples:
+ - program: 'unique'
+ input: '[1,2,5,3,5,3,1,3]'
+ output: ['[1,2,3,5]']
+
- title: `contains`
body: |
diff --git a/testdata b/testdata
index e08e6aa5..cc8263b0 100644
--- a/testdata
+++ b/testdata
@@ -448,3 +448,7 @@ sort
[{"a": 4, "b": 1, "c": 3}, {"a": 0, "b": 2, "c": 43}, {"a": 1, "b": 4, "c": 3}, {"a": 1, "b": 4, "c": 14}]
[[{"a": 4, "b": 1, "c": 3}], [{"a": 0, "b": 2, "c": 43}], [{"a": 1, "b": 4, "c": 14}, {"a": 1, "b": 4, "c": 3}]]
[[{"a": 1, "b": 4, "c": 14}, {"a": 0, "b": 2, "c": 43}], [{"a": 4, "b": 1, "c": 3}, {"a": 1, "b": 4, "c": 3}]]
+
+unique
+[1,2,5,3,5,3,1,3]
+[1,2,3,5]