unique

Prototype: unique(list)

Return type: slist

Description: Returns list of unique elements from list.

Arguments:

list : The name of the list variable, in the range [a-zA-Z0-9_$(){}\[\].:]+

Example:

bundle agent test
{
  vars:
      "test" slist => {
                        1,2,3,
                        "one", "two", "three",
                        "long string",
                        "four", "fix", "six",
                        "one", "two", "three",
                      };

      "test_str" string => join(",", "test");
      "test_unique" slist => unique("test");
      "unique_str" string => join(",", "test_unique");

  reports:
      "The test list is $(test_str)";
      "The unique elements of the test list: $(unique_str)";
}