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in reply to To Hash or to Array--Uniqueness is the question.

When collecting data that you only want unique values from, would you:

That depends on what your "values" are. If they are just strings or can be represented in a canonical form as strings than go ahead and use a hash. If the values in question are something more complex, then a hash isn't going to work for you as the keys of a hash must be strings.

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