Question on lists

[Heiko Wundram]

Am Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2004 05:26 schrieb Kristofer Pettijohn:
> My question is about lists:
>
> Is there a way to remove duplicate items from a list that are
> next to each other?

They don't even have to be next to each other:

(>= Python 2.3 required)

>>> import sets
>>> list(sets.Set(['a','a','b','b','d','b','c','a','ladida']))
['a', 'c', 'b', 'd', 'ladida']

This doesn't maintain the order of the items, though. If you need that, and 
you're sure your list is always sorted, use the example Andrew gave.

Heiko.