Removing duplicates ?

ok, now you here, How would i go about removing duplicates from a Listbox ?

i want to do this when a button is clicked, this is basically because when i parse a particular page the first result duplicates itself, so i want to remove any duplicates...

Any help is appreciated !

The following code will remove duplicates in List1.
It may be a bit slow if listcount is high...

VB Code:

Private colList As Collection
 
Private Sub cmdRemDuplicate_Click()
   Dim nC As Integer
   Set colList = New Collection
   For nC = 0 To List1.ListCount - 1
      Call AddToCollection(List1.List(nC))
   Next nC
   List1.Clear
   For nC = 1 To colList.Count
      Call List1.AddItem(colList(nC))
   Next nC
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
   List1.AddItem "Test1"
   List1.AddItem "Test1"
   List1.AddItem "An error also occurs if a specified key duplicates the key for an existing member of the collection."
   List1.AddItem "An error also occurs if a specified key duplicates the key for an existing member of the collection."
   List1.AddItem "Test3"
   List1.AddItem "Test4"
   List1.AddItem "Test4"
End Sub
 
Private Sub AddToCollection(ByVal sText As String)
   On Error GoTo Duplicate
   Call colList.Add(sText, sText)
   Exit Sub
Duplicate:
   'Item already exists, won't be added to collection
End Sub

VB Code:

Private colList As Collection
 
Private Sub cmdRemDuplicate_Click()
   Dim nC As Integer
   Set colList = New Collection
   While nC < List1.ListCount
      If IsDuplicate(List1.List(nC)) Then
         Call List1.RemoveItem(nC)
      Else
         nC = nC + 1
      End If
   Wend
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
   List1.AddItem "Test1"
   List1.AddItem "Test1"
   List1.AddItem "An error also occurs if a specified key duplicates the key for an existing member of the collection."
   List1.AddItem "An error also occurs if a specified key duplicates the key for an existing member of the collection."
   List1.AddItem "Test3"
   List1.AddItem "Test4"
   List1.AddItem "Test4"
End Sub
 
Private Function IsDuplicate(ByVal sText As String) As Boolean
   On Error GoTo Duplicate
   Call colList.Add(sText, sText)
   IsDuplicate = False
   Exit Function
Duplicate:
   IsDuplicate = True
End Function

Using a dictionary is the fastest method in VB.

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