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\name{stri_unique}
\alias{stri_unique}
\title{Extract Unique Elements}
\usage{
stri_unique(str, ..., opts_collator = NULL)
}
\arguments{
\item{str}{a character vector}

\item{...}{additional settings for \code{opts_collator}}

\item{opts_collator}{a named list with \pkg{ICU} Collator's options,
see \code{\link{stri_opts_collator}}, \code{NULL}
for default collation options}
}
\value{
Returns a character vector.
}
\description{
This function returns a character vector like \code{str},
but with duplicate elements removed.
}
\details{
As usual in \pkg{stringi}, no attributes are copied.
Unlike \code{\link{unique}}, this function
tests for canonical equivalence of strings (and not
whether the strings are just bytewise equal). Such an operation
is locale-dependent. Hence, \code{stri_unique} is significantly
slower (but much better suited for natural language processing)
than its base R counterpart.

See also \code{\link{stri_duplicated}} for indicating non-unique elements.
}
\examples{
# normalized and non-Unicode-normalized version of the same code point:
stri_unique(c('\u0105', stri_trans_nfkd('\u0105')))
unique(c('\u0105', stri_trans_nfkd('\u0105')))

stri_unique(c('gro\u00df', 'GROSS', 'Gro\u00df', 'Gross'), strength=1)

}
\references{
\emph{Collation} - ICU User Guide,
\url{https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/collation/}
}
\seealso{
The official online manual of \pkg{stringi} at \url{https://stringi.gagolewski.com/}

Gagolewski M., \pkg{stringi}: Fast and portable character string processing in R, \emph{Journal of Statistical Software} 103(2), 2022, 1-59, \doi{10.18637/jss.v103.i02}

Other locale_sensitive: 
\code{\link{\%s<\%}()},
\code{\link{about_locale}},
\code{\link{about_search_boundaries}},
\code{\link{about_search_coll}},
\code{\link{stri_compare}()},
\code{\link{stri_count_boundaries}()},
\code{\link{stri_duplicated}()},
\code{\link{stri_enc_detect2}()},
\code{\link{stri_extract_all_boundaries}()},
\code{\link{stri_locate_all_boundaries}()},
\code{\link{stri_opts_collator}()},
\code{\link{stri_order}()},
\code{\link{stri_rank}()},
\code{\link{stri_sort}()},
\code{\link{stri_sort_key}()},
\code{\link{stri_split_boundaries}()},
\code{\link{stri_trans_tolower}()},
\code{\link{stri_wrap}()}
}
\concept{locale_sensitive}
\author{
\href{https://www.gagolewski.com/}{Marek Gagolewski} and other contributors
}
