[Tutor] Duplicate items in list

[Alan Gauld]

On 10/10/2020 06:31, Manprit Singh wrote:

> Kindly suggest , if something can be done better:
> 
> def remove_cons(lst):
>     for i in range(len(lst)-1):
>         if lst[i] != lst[i+1]:
>             yield lst[i]
>     yield lst[-1]

Any time you find yourself using indices to access
data in a Python for loop you can usually find
something better. It's nearly always the wrong thing
to do.

See Dennis' solution for a much cleaner option
that uses Python idioms.

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