python array count unique values code example

Example 1: count unique values in python

words = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'a']
unique_words = set(words)             # == set(['a', 'b', 'c'])
unique_word_count = len(unique_words) # == 3

Example 2: python count unique values in list

len(set(["word1", "word1", "word2", "word3"]))
# set is like a list but it removes duplicates
# len counts the number of things inside the set