How do I extract unique values from a list?

Given a list, print all the unique numbers in any order.
Examples:

Input : 10 20 10 30 40 40 Output : 10 20 30 40 Input : 1 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 5 Output : 1 2 3 4 5
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Method 1 : Traversal of list

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Using traversal, we can traverse for every element in the list and check if the element is in the unique_list already if it is not over there, then we can append it in the unique_list. This is done using one for loop and other if statement which check if the value is in the unique list or not which is equivalent to another for loop.






# Python program to check if two
# to get unique values from list
# using traversal
# function to get unique values
def unique(list1):
# initialize a null list
unique_list = []
# traverse for all elements
for x in list1:
# check if exists in unique_list or not
if x not in unique_list:
unique_list.append(x)
# print list
for x in unique_list:
print x,
# driver code
list1 = [10, 20, 10, 30, 40, 40]
print("the unique values from 1st list is")
unique(list1)
list2 =[1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5]
print("\nthe unique values from 2nd list is")
unique(list2)

Output:

the unique values from 1st list is 10 20 30 40 the unique values from 2nd list is 1 2 3 4 5

Method 2 : Using Set

Using set() property of Python, we can easily check for the unique values. Insert the values of the list in a set. Set only stores a value once even if it is inserted more then once. After inserting all the values in the set by list_set=set(list1), convert this set to a list to print it.




# Python program to check if two
# to get unique values from list
# using set
# function to get unique values
def unique(list1):
# insert the list to the set
list_set = set(list1)
# convert the set to the list
unique_list = (list(list_set))
for x in unique_list:
print x,
# driver code
list1 = [10, 20, 10, 30, 40, 40]
print("the unique values from 1st list is")
unique(list1)
list2 =[1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5]
print("\nthe unique values from 2nd list is")
unique(list2)

Output:

the unique values from 1st list is 40 10 20 30 the unique values from 2nd list is 1 2 3 4 5

Method 3 : Using numpy.unique

Using Pythons import numpy, the unique elements in the array are also obtained. In first step convert the list to x=numpy.array(list) and then use numpy.unique(x) function to get the unique values from the list. numpy.unique() returns only the unique values in the list.




#Ppython program to check if two
# to get unique values from list
# using numpy.unique
import numpy as np
# function to get unique values
def unique(list1):
x = np.array(list1)
print(np.unique(x))
# driver code
list1 = [10, 20, 10, 30, 40, 40]
print("the unique values from 1st list is")
unique(list1)
list2 =[1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5]
print("\nthe unique values from 2nd list is")
unique(list2)

Output

the unique values from 1st list is [10 20 30 40] the unique values from 2nd list is [1 2 3 4 5]

Method #4: Using collections.Counter()

Using python import Counter() from collections print all the keys of Counter elements or we print directly by using * symbol.

Below is the implementation of above approach.




# Python program to check if two
# to get unique values from list
# importing counter from collections
from collections import Counter
# Function to get unique values
def unique(list1):
# Print directly by using * symbol
print(*Counter(list1))
# driver code
list1 = [10, 20, 10, 30, 40, 40]
print("the unique values from 1st list is")
unique(list1)
list2 = [1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5]
print("\nthe unique values from 2nd list is")
unique(list2)
# This code is contributed by vikkycirus

Output:

the unique values from 1st list is 10 20 30 40 the unique values from 2nd list is 1 2 3 4 5


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