Java BigInteger Calculate removeDuplicates(final BigInteger... values)

Description

Removes duplicate values from a BigInteger array

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
values	An array of BigInteger values

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	if values is null

Return

the same array of BigInteger values without duplicates

Declaration

public static BigInteger[] removeDuplicates(final BigInteger... values) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashSet;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Removes duplicate values from a BigInteger array
     * <p>
     * @param values An array of BigInteger values
     * @return the same array of BigInteger values without duplicates
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@literal values} is {@literal null}
     */
    public static BigInteger[] removeDuplicates(final BigInteger... values) {
        if (values == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
        final HashSet<BigInteger> hashSet = new HashSet<BigInteger>(Arrays.asList(values));
        return hashSet.toArray(new BigInteger[hashSet.size()]);
    }
}

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