makeUnique {ChemmineR} | R Documentation

## Uniquify CMP names

### Description

Creates unique CMP names by appending a counter to each duplicatation set. The function can be used for any character vector.

### Usage

    makeUnique(x, silent = FALSE)

### Arguments

`x` | `character` vector
`silent` | `silent = TRUE` suppresses message about duplicate count

### Details

The function is important to maintain unique compound names in the ID slot of `SDFset` containers.

### Value

`character` | of same length as x but without duplications

### Author(s)

Thomas Girke

### References

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### See Also

Functions: `cid`, `sdfid`

### Examples

    ## SDFset instance
    data(sdfsample)
    sdfset <- sdfsample

    ## Create unique compound IDs
    unique_ids <- makeUnique(sdfid(sdfset))
    cid(sdfset) <- unique_ids
    cid(sdfset[1:4])

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