python remove list duplicates code example

Example 1: python remove duplicates from list

mylist = ["a", "b", "b", "c", "a"]
mylist = sorted(set(mylist))
print(mylist)

Example 2: python remove duplicates

if mylist:
    mylist.sort()
    last = mylist[-1]
    for i in range(len(mylist)-2, -1, -1):
        if last == mylist[i]:
            del mylist[i]
        else:
            last = mylist[i]
# Quicker if all elements are hashables:
mylist = list(set(mylist))