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\name{duplicated}
\title{Determine Duplicate Elements}
\usage{
duplicated(x)
}
\alias{duplicated}
\arguments{
  \item{x}{an atomic vector}
}
\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)])
all(xu == unique(x)) # TRUE, but unique(x) is more efficient
all(0:20  == sort(x[!duplicated(x)]))
}
\keyword{logic}
\keyword{manip}