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[[duplicate-vertex]]
== Duplicate Vertex Detection

The pattern for finding duplicate vertices is quite similar to the pattern defined in the <<duplicate-edge,Duplicate Edge>>
section. The idea is to extract the relevant features of the vertex into a comparable list that can then be used to
group for duplicates.

Consider the following example with some duplicate vertices added to the "modern" graph:

[gremlin-groovy,modern]
----
g.addV('person').property('name', 'vadas').property('age', 27)
g.addV('person').property('name', 'vadas').property('age', 22) // not a duplicate because "age" value
g.addV('person').property('name', 'marko').property('age', 29)
g.V().hasLabel("person").
  group().
    by(values("name", "age").fold()).
  unfold()
----

In the above case, the "name" and "age" properties are the relevant features for identifying duplication. The key in
the `Map` provided by the `group` is the list of features for comparison and the value is the list of vertices that
match the feature. To extract just those vertices that contain duplicates an additional filter can be added:

[gremlin-groovy,existing]
----
g.V().hasLabel("person").
  group().
    by(values("name", "age").fold()).
  unfold().
  filter(select(values).count(local).is(gt(1)))
----

That filter, extracts the values of the `Map` and counts the vertices within each list. If that list contains more than
one vertex then it is a duplicate.