[Tutor] Remove duplicate values from dictionary without removing key

[Alan Gauld]

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On 08/01/2021 12:24, Umar Draz wrote:
> I am totally new in Python, so if there is any example then it will be
> helpful for me,
>
OK, Lets take it one bit at a time.

In your case you want in pseudo code:


seen = { "client":[], "name:[], "rating":[], "total": [] }

>
>     for each dictionary in the list
>
for dic in items:

>         for each field in the dictionary
>
     for field,value in dic.items():

>            check if the value has already been seen
>
            if value in seen[field]:

>            if so replace the value with ""
>
                 dic[field] = ""

>            else store the value for future reference but do not change it.
>
            else: seen[field].append(value)


And that should work, although I haven't tested it so there may be some
minor errors,
which I'll leave as an exercise! :-).

Try it and if you can't get it to work come back with a cut n paste of
your exact
code plus any error messages you get (in full)

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