Allow filenames in bash associative array

I am using the following to fill fdir with directory names, whilst removing any duplicates. Would like to allow valid filenames as well.

declare -A tag
for dpa in "$@"; do [[ ! -d $dpa ]] && continue [[ ${tag[comint:$dpa]} ]] && continue fdir+=("$dpa") tag[comint:$dpa]=1
done

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The condition [[ -d $dpa ]] || [[ -f $dpa ]] || continue caters for files as well.

declare -A tag
for dpa in "$@"; do [[ -d $dpa ]] || [[ -f $dpa ]] || continue [[ ${tag[comint:$dpa]} ]] && continue fdir+=("$dpa") tag[comint:$dpa]=1
done

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