Python | Get 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

Method 1 : Traversal of list

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.



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# Python program to check if two 
# to get unique values from list
# using traversal 
  
# function to get unique values
def unique(list1):
  
    # intilize 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)

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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.











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# 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) 



















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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 Python’s 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.











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#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) 



















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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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