duplicated() {base}

duplicated() function is a general function that determines which elements are duplicated, it returns a logical vector:

The parameters of the function are:

 x: vector, array or data frame

 fromLast:logical indicating if duplication should be considered from the last

x <- c(5:1,5:1,5)
x

##  [1] 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 5

duplicated(x)

##  [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE

duplicated(x, fromLast = TRUE)

##  [1]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE

## extract duplicated elements, those elements that duplicated(x) == TRUE, may be repeted elements:
x[duplicated(x)]

## [1] 5 4 3 2 1 5

## extract unique elements
x[!duplicated(x)]

## [1] 5 4 3 2 1

## extract unique elements starting from the righmost value (different order):
x[!duplicated(x, fromLast = TRUE)]

## [1] 4 3 2 1 5

#duplicated using a data frmae
duplicated(iris)

##   [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [12] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [23] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [34] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [45] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [56] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [67] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [78] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [89] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [100] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [111] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [122] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [133] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE
## [144] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE

duplicated(iris$Sepal.Length)

##   [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE
##  [12] FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
##  [23]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
##  [34] FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE
##  [45]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE
##  [56]  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [67]  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE
##  [78]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
##  [89]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
## [100]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE
## [111]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
## [122]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE
## [133]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
## [144]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE

anyDuplicated() function returns the position of the first element duplicated:

x <- c(9:1, 20, 10:6,21,10)
x

##  [1]  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1 20 10  9  8  7  6 21 10

duplicated(x)

##  [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [12]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE

anyDuplicated(x)  #first element found to be duplicated

## [1] 12

anyDuplicated(x, fromLast = TRUE) #first element found to be duplicated

## [1] 11

duplicated(iris)

##   [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [12] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [23] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [34] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [45] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [56] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [67] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [78] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
##  [89] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [100] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [111] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [122] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
## [133] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE
## [144] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE

anyDuplicated(iris) ## 143

## [1] 143