[Python] How to remove duplicates from a list without using a loop

Question

How can I remove duplicate elements from a given list without using any loop logic?

E.g.

Input list: [1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5]

output list: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Answer 1

You can apply the set() function to the given list to remove duplicates and then apply the list() function to cast the set to list.

Here is an example:

>>> aa = [1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5]

>>> aa

[1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5]

>>> list(set(aa))

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]