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	This [[Notation conventions for methods#Callable ~~methods~~\|callable]] method adds an item to a (presumably) ordered <var>Stringlist</var> if an identical item is not already present. It inserts the item at the proper position to maintain the <var>Stringlist's</var> order. <var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> can also be written <var>AddOrderedUnique</var>.		This [[Notation conventions for methods#Callable functions\|callable]] method adds an item to a (presumably) ordered <var>Stringlist</var> if an identical item is not already present. It inserts the item at the proper position to maintain the <var>Stringlist's</var> order. <var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> can also be written <var>AddOrderedUnique</var>.

	<var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> accepts one argument and returns one of the following:		<var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> accepts one argument and returns one of the following:

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	<li>The negative of the item number that exactly matches the string being added.		<li>The negative of the item number that exactly matches the string being added.
	</ul>		</ul>

	~~<var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> is a member of the [[Stringlist class]].~~

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==

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Examples

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	==Examples==		==Examples==
	~~<ol><li>~~<var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> returns the item number added or inserted (if no match was found) or the negative item number of the matching item (if one was found). This return code makes it easy to maintain a parallel <var>Stringlist</var> that contains, say, a count of the number of times a given value occurred, that is, was passed as a string to <var>AddUniqueOrdered</var>. The following example illustrates such an approach:		<var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> returns the item number added or inserted (if no match was found) or the negative item number of the matching item (if one was found). This return code makes it easy to maintain a parallel <var>Stringlist</var> that contains, say, a count of the number of times a given value occurred, that is, was passed as a string to <var>AddUniqueOrdered</var>. The following example illustrates such an approach:
	<p class="code">%in = %olist:addUniqueOrdered(%data)		<p class="code">%in = %olist:addUniqueOrdered(%data)
	if %in gt 0 then		if %in gt 0 then
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	%clist:replace(%in, %clist:item(%in) +1 )		%clist:replace(%in, %clist:item(%in) +1 )
	end if		end if
	</p~~></ol~~>		</p>

	==See also==		==See also==
	{{Template:Stringlist:AddUniqueOrdered footer}}		{{Template:Stringlist:AddUniqueOrdered footer}}

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	This callable method adds an item to a (presumably) ordered <var>Stringlist</var> if an identical item is not already present. It inserts the item at the proper position to maintain the <var>Stringlist's</var> order. <var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> can also be written <var>AddOrderedUnique</var>.		This [[Notation conventions for methods#Callable methods\|callable]] method adds an item to a (presumably) ordered <var>Stringlist</var> if an identical item is not already present. It inserts the item at the proper position to maintain the <var>Stringlist's</var> order. <var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> can also be written <var>AddOrderedUnique</var>.

	<var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> accepts one argument and returns one of the following:		<var>AddUniqueOrdered</var> accepts one argument and returns one of the following:

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Syntax terms

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	<td>A <var>Stringlist</var> object.</td></tr>		<td>A <var>Stringlist</var> object.</td></tr>
	<tr><th>string</th>		<tr><th>string</th>
	<td>A string that is to be added to ~~the~~ <var>~~Stringlist~~</var>.</td></tr>		<td>A string that is to be added to <var class="term">sl</var>.</td></tr>
	</table>		</table>

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Examples

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	<p class="code">%in = %olist:addUniqueOrdered(%data)		<p class="code">%in = %olist:addUniqueOrdered(%data)
	if %in gt 0 then		if %in gt 0 then
	%clist:insert(%in, 1)		%clist:insert(%in, 1)
	~~</p>~~
	else		else
	~~<p class="code">~~%in = -%in		%in = -%in
	%clist:replace(%in, %clist:item(%in) +1 )		%clist:replace(%in, %clist:item(%in) +1 )
	~~</p>~~
	end if		end if
	</p></ol>		</p></ol>

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	<p class="code">%in = %olist:addUniqueOrdered(%data)		<p class="code">%in = %olist:addUniqueOrdered(%data)
	if %in gt 0 then		if %in gt 0 then
	~~<p class="code">~~%clist:insert(%in, 1)		%clist:insert(%in, 1)
	</p>		</p>
	else		else

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