>> I have a list of names (Names[]) and want to remove duplicate names in >> the list. [snip] >> > > The way I usually do this is something like: > > outDict = dict(map(lambda x: (x, 1), inList)) > names = outDict.keys() > names.sort() > How about this :D
# Remove duplicates from a list: >>> L = [1,2,2,3,3,3] >>> [x for x in L if x not in locals()['_[1]'].__self__] [1,2,3] [accessed at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/204297 ] Also, why is there now a ******SPAM***** in the subject heading? Wonderingly, -Luke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
