How to check for duplicates while pushing to array?

[Bluscream]

How do i do this? Preferably as base extension

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array := [1,2,3]
array.PushSingle(2)
; array is still [1,2,3]
array.PushSingle(4)
; array is [1,2,3,4]

[kczx3]

Use an object instead otherwise you have to loop over the entire array every time you want to push a unique value to it.

[Chunjee]

I like .indexOf but ahk doesn't come with it by default

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; requires https://www.npmjs.com/package/array.ahk

array := [1,2,3]
value := 2

if (array.indexOf(value) = -1) {
   array.push(value)
}
; => [1,2,3]

However, to answer the question you can do this to modify the base array object and add that method.

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; redefine Array() to add custom _Array base object
Array(prms*) {
	prms.base := _Array
	return prms
}


array := [1,2,3]
value := 2

array.singlePush(2)
; => [1,2,3]
msgbox, % array.Count()
; => 3


; Define the base class.
class _Array {

	singlePush(param_value) {
		if (this.indexOf(param_value) = -1) {
			this.Push("" param_value)
		}
	}

	indexOf(searchElement, fromIndex:=0) {
		
		len := this.Count()

		if (fromIndex > 0)
			start := fromIndex - 1    ; Include starting index going forward
		else if (fromIndex < 0)
			start := len + fromIndex  ; Count backwards from end
		else
			start := fromIndex


		loop, % len - start
			if (this[start + A_Index] = searchElement)
				return start + A_Index

		return -1
	}
}

[Crehose]

You can use a loop to iterate over the array and check for the duplicate elements when you add new values or you can use an object.