Remove duplicates from list

[Derek Perriero]

This is just a follow up from your help Chris. Everything worked out 
beautifully. The method you suggested really cut down on the script time and 
allowed me to reduce a lot of redundant areas. Thanks again.

-Derek

On 6/9/05, Chris Lambacher <lambacck at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You are probably going about solving the problem from the wrong direction:
> 
> Try something like this, overly verbose variable names used on purpose:
> 
> regHours = context.getMainPrint();
> 
> #let a dictionary do the grouping for us
> hours_to_libraries_dic = {}
> for lib in regHours:
> key = lib.Monday + lib.Tuesday + lib.Wednesday + lib.Thursday +
> lib.Friday + lib.Saturday + lib.Sunday
> try:
> # if the key already exists add to the list of libraries
> hours_to_libraries_dic[key].append(lib)
> except KeyError:
> # if the key does not exists, create a new library list
> hours_to_libraries_dic[key] = [lib]
> 
> 
> #print out the timetable
> for lib_group in hours_to_libraries_dic.values():
> print " and ".join([lib.libraryName for lib in lib_group])
> a_lib = lib_group[0]
> print " Monday", a_lib.Monday
> print " Tuesday", a_lib.Tuesday
> print " Wednesday", a_lib.Wednesday
> ....(you get the idea)
> print " Sunday", a_lib.Sunday
> print
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Chris
> 
> On 6/9/05, Derek Perriero <derek.perriero at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry for not being more clear. I'm using Zope to store the hours of 
> each
> > library on the campus. The hours of each library will be set on a basis 
> of
> > Monday - Friday. i.e. Monday for a specific library, let's say Downtown
> > Campus Library will stored as an attribute of 8am - 9pm, in Zope, and 
> each
> > day till Friday will be stored as the hours dictate. I'm generating a
> > print-out based on these hours and info for the general public. The goal 
> of
> > mine is to group all the libraries under one heading if they have the 
> exact
> > same hours, to cut back on redundancy when a user looks at it.
> > So when I say: collect = item.Monday + item.Tuesday + item.Wednesday +
> > item.Thursday + item.Friday + item.Saturday + item.Sunday, the order is
> > already this preset configuration. I want 'collect' to be static so it 
> can
> > compare it against another libraries hours and group it if necessary. 
> The
> > libraries that fail to be duplicates of other libraries will be 
> generated as
> > usual under the grouped libraries. They will have a single heading.
> >
> > An example can be seen here of what I am trying to achieve:
> > http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/hours/summer.pdf
> > These are the outputs I failed to mention last time.
> > What I want:
> > ['8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 5pm9am - 5pm6pm - 10pm', 
> '8am -
> > 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 5pm9am - 5pmClosed', '9am - 8pm9am -
> > 8pm9am - 8pm9am - 8pm9am - 8pm9am - 6pm12pm - 6pm', '9am - 5pm9am - 
> 5pm9am -
> > 5pm9am - 5pm9am - 5pmClosedClosed', '10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am 
> -
> > 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pmClosed']
> >
> > What I am getting now:
> >
> > ['8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 5pm9am - 5pm6pm - 10pm', 
> '8am -
> > 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pmClosed8am - 5pm9am - 5pm6pm - 10pm', '8am - 9pm8am 
> -
> > 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 5pm9am - 5pmClosed', '9am - 8pm9am - 8pm9am -
> > 8pm9am - 8pm9am - 8pm9am - 6pm12pm - 6pm', '9am - 5pm9am - 5pm9am - 
> 5pm9am -
> > 5pm9am - 5pmClosedClosed', '10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am 
> -
> > 5pm10am - 5pmClosed']
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Derek
> >
> >
> > On 6/9/05, Chris Lambacher <lambacck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It is very unclear what you are trying to do. Why not explain what
> > > you want the output to be. You will get better answers.
> > >
> > > As a first stab at what you are doing wrong:
> > > collect = item.Monday + item.Tuesday + item.Wednesday + item.Thursday
> > > + item.Friday + item.Saturday + item.Sunday
> > >
> > > The above is string addition and the result is a string. The ouput
> > > you provide is in fact a list with no duplicates, i.e. there are no
> > > two strings the same.
> > >
> > > If order is not important to you a structure that will give you an
> > > 'unordered list with no duplicates' is a set (available in the std
> > > library in Python 2.3 and 2.4, see the cookbook for recipies for
> > > earlier versions of Python). Note that sets are unordered, i.e. no
> > > guarentee is made about what order the elements are accessed in when
> > > you iterate over them.
> > >
> > > -Chris
> > >
> > > On 6/9/05, Derek Perriero < derek.perriero at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I've been un-triumphantly trying to get a list of mine to have no
> > repeats in
> > > > it. First, I'm pulling attributes from Zope and forming a list. 
> Next,
> > I'm
> > > > pulling those same values and comparing them against the same list 
> and
> > if
> > > > the values equal each other and are not already in the list, they 
> append
> > to
> > > > my 'nodupes' list. My current result is showing what I put in I am
> > getting
> > > > out. Below the code is my output of 'nodupes' list. Here's the
> > snippet.
> > > >
> > > > regHours = context.getMainPrint(); <---attributes from Zope
> > > >
> > > > libslist = []
> > > > nodupes = []
> > > >
> > > > #collect libraries
> > > > for libs in regHours:
> > > > cache = libs.Monday + libs.Tuesday + libs.Wednesday + libs.Thursday+
> > > > libs.Friday + libs.Saturday + libs.Sunday
> > > > libslist.append (cache)
> > > >
> > > > #pull repeated values
> > > > for item in regHours:
> > > > collect = item.Monday + item.Tuesday + item.Wednesday + 
> item.Thursday
> > +
> > > > item.Friday + item.Saturday + item.Sunday
> > > > libName = item.libraryName
> > > >
> > > > for libs in libslist:
> > > > if collect == libs and libs not in nodupes:
> > > > nodupes.append(libs)
> > > >
> > > > My Current Output:
> > > > ['8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 5pm9am - 5pm6pm - 10pm',
> > '8am -
> > > > 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pmClosed8am - 5pm9am - 5pm6pm - 10pm', '8am - 
> 9pm8am
> > -
> > > > 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 9pm8am - 5pm9am - 5pmClosed', '9am - 8pm9am - 
> 8pm9am -
> > > > 8pm9am - 8pm9am - 8pm9am - 6pm12pm - 6pm', '9am - 5pm9am - 5pm9am -
> > 5pm9am -
> > > > 5pm9am - 5pmClosedClosed', '10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 
> 5pm10am
> > -
> > > > 5pm10am - 5pmClosed']
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Perriero, Derek
> > > > derek.perriero at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Christopher Lambacher
> > > lambacck at computer.org
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Perriero, Derek
> > derek.perriero at gmail.com
> >
> > --
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Christopher Lambacher
> lambacck at computer.org
> 



-- 
Perriero, Derek
derek.perriero at gmail.com
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