Removing duplicate objects from a prim

Does anyone know of a way to remove duplicate objects from a prim? I saw this thread:
/54/36/89923/1.html

but it's for a list of names, not contents of an object. I need to somehow check to see if there are duplicates and if so SAY SO, then delete them.

I'm talking about if I put an object called CUBE_1 into my object and then put 4 more into the object, they are listed in the objects contents as:

CUBE_1
CUBE_1 1
CUBE_1 2
CUBE_1 3
CUBE_1 4

I need to remove those extras with a script.

Thanks in advance for you help

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Thanks. But I need a solution that I can 'work with'. The script you gave me is copy only so I have no way of making any changes to it.

Anyone got any code to get me started?

Thanks.

No code, Honey, but Ah`ve got an idea:

1. Create an empty list.
   
2. Loop through the entire inventory; Ah think that y`all will get th` inventory items` names.
   
3. Each repetition, use th` return value from th` previous step ta get the UUID of th` item.
   
4. Check each UUID ta see iffn `tis already in th` list.
   1. If so, delete item.
      
   2. If not, add it to the list.
      
   
   
5. Ah thinks yoah done heah.
   

Hope this helps! Iffn it do, send me a copy of the code? Toodle-oo!

OK, I see where you are going. Getting started in this asap. But doesn't the object or texture that's in the contents of the object create a new UUID even when duplicated? Or is that just when it rezzes?

See I'm thinking:

Object UUID
CUBE_1 123-4567
CUBE_1 1 423-8923
CUBE_1 2 823-4437
CUBE_1 3 103-4039
CUBE_1 4 122-3748

Are you saying that if CUBE_1 is duplicated into the contents of the object it will have the same UUID?

I thought I should be looking for the space 1 space 2 space 3 on the end of each inventory item name.

I've done something similar but never occured to me that the UUID might be the same. The method of looking for " <num>" is what I used, kinda slow (.1 sec or so) but works.

Ah dunno; Ah`m jes` guessin`, but Ah think it could have th` same UUIDOop, Ah hadn`t thought of that.That`s exactly what Ah was thinkin`, but now Ah thinks it`d probably depend on how th` object got inta th` container`s inventory. Ah am shure, howevah, that th` UUID of textures does not change ever.Y`all probably should. Might be a good idea ta check both ways, jes` in case.Me too. Newbie helpin` newbie; makes for plenty o` confusion, no? Ma Birth Day [Note: two words!]isn`t scheduled `till next Tuesday evenin`. Wanna come ta ma Birth Day party?

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If anyone is interested.
Thanks for your help

Here's some code I whipped up while avoiding working on my own project...

It only works for up to 9 duplicates, and is not be perfect. In fact, far from it. It's shining example of what happens when you just throw code together without a plan. Use at your own peril!

list check_duplicate(list source, integer comparison)
{
    list results = [];
    
    integer length = llGetListLength(source);
    integer j = 0;
    
    while (j < length)
    {
        if (j != comparison)
        {    
            list test = llParseString2List(llList2String(source, j), [" "], []);
            if (llList2String(test, -1) == "1" || llList2String(test, -1) == "2" || llList2String(test, -1) == "3" || llList2String(test, -1) == "4" || llList2String(test, -1) == "5" || llList2String(test, -1) == "6" || llList2String(test, -1) == "7" || llList2String(test, -1) == "8" || llList2String(test, -1) == "9")
            {
                results = results + [llList2String(source, j)];
            }
        }

        j++;
    }
    
    return results;
}

default
{
    touch_start(integer num_detected)
    {
        list dupes = [];
        list inventory = [];                                        //Reset list
        
        integer i = 0;                                              //We will use in loop to step through inventory
        integer number_of_objects = llGetInventoryNumber(10);       //10 corresponds to scripts. See Wiki for other types
        
        while (i < number_of_objects)
        {
            inventory = inventory + (list)llGetInventoryName(10, i);
            i++;
        }
        
        i = 0;
        while (i < number_of_objects)
        {
            dupes = dupes + check_duplicate(inventory, i);

            i++;
        }
        
        llSay(0, llList2CSV(inventory));
        llSay(0, llList2CSV(dupes));
        
        integer m = 0;
        
        while (m < llGetListLength(dupes))
        {
            string name = llList2String(dupes, m);
            if (llGetInventoryKey(name) != NULL_KEY)
            {
                llRemoveInventory(name);
            }
        }
    }
}