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\name{duplicated}
\alias{duplicated}
\alias{duplicated.default}
\alias{duplicated.data.frame}
\alias{duplicated.matrix}
\alias{duplicated.array}
\title{Determine Duplicate Elements}
\description{
  Determines which elements of a vector of data frame are duplicates
  of elements with smaller subscripts, and returns a logical vector
  indicating which elements (rows) are duplicates.
}
\usage{
duplicated(x, incomparables = FALSE, \dots)

\method{duplicated}{array}(x, incomparables = FALSE, MARGIN = 1, \dots)
}
\arguments{
  \item{x}{an atomic vector or a data frame or an array.}
  \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.}
  \item{\dots}{arguments for particular methods.}
  \item{MARGIN}{the array margin to be held fixed: see
    \code{\link{apply}}.}
}
\details{
  This is a generic function with methods for vectors, data frames and
  arrays (including matrices).

  The data frame method works by pasting together a character
  representation of the rows separated by \code{\r}, so may be imperfect
  if the data frame has characters with embedded carriage returns or
  columns which do not reliably map to characters.

  The array method calculates for each element of the sub-array
  specified by \code{MARGIN} if the remaining dimensions are identical
  to those for an earlier element (in row-major order).  This would most
  commonly be used to find duplicated rows (the default) or columns
  (with \code{MARGIN = 2}).
}
\references{
  Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988)
  \emph{The New S Language}.
  Wadsworth \& Brooks/Cole.
}
\seealso{\code{\link{unique}}.}
\examples{
x <- c(9:20, 1:5, 3:7, 0:8)
## extract unique elements
(xu <- x[!duplicated(x)])
## xu == unique(x) but unique(x) is more efficient

data(iris)
duplicated(iris)[140:143]

data(iris3)
duplicated(iris3, MARGIN = c(1, 3))
}
\keyword{logic}
\keyword{manip}