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\name{duplicated}
\title{Determine Duplicate Elements}
\usage{
duplicated(x, incomparables = FALSE)
}
\alias{duplicated}
\arguments{
  \item{x}{an atomic vector}
  \item{incomparables}{a vector of values that cannot be compared.
    Currently, \code{FALSE} is the only possible value, meaning that all
    values can be compared.}
}
\description{
  Determines which elements of a vector are duplicates of elements with
  smaller subscripts, and returns a logical vector indicating which
  elements are duplicates.
}
\seealso{\code{\link{unique}}.}
\examples{
x <- c(9:20, 1:5, 3:7, 0:8)
## extract unique elements
(xu <- x[!duplicated(x)])
stopifnot(xu == unique(x), # but unique(x) is more efficient
          0:20 == sort(x[!duplicated(x)]))
}
\keyword{logic}
\keyword{manip}