Python | Remove duplicate lists in tuples (Preserving Order)

Sometimes, while working with records, we can have a problem in which we need to remove duplicate records. This kind of problem is common in web development domain. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this task can be performed.
Method #1 : Using list comprehension + set()
In this method, we test for each list as it appears and add it to set so that it’s repeated occurrence can be avoided and then this is added to newly maintained unique tuple, removing duplicates.

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Remove duplicate lists in tuples(Preserving Order)
# Using list comprehension + set()

# Initializing tuple
test_tup = ([4, 7, 8], [1, 2, 3], [4, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11], [1, 2, 3])

# printing original tuple
print("The original tuple is : " + str(test_tup))

# Remove duplicate lists in tuples(Preserving Order)
# Using list comprehension + set()
temp = set()
res = [ele for ele in test_tup if not(tuple(ele) in temp or temp.add(tuple(ele)))]

# printing result
print("The unique lists tuple is : " + str(res))

Output : 

The original tuple is : ([4, 7, 8], [1, 2, 3], [4, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11], [1, 2, 3])
The unique lists tuple is : [[4, 7, 8], [1, 2, 3], [9, 10, 11]]

Method #2 : Using OrderedDict() + tuple()
The combination of above functions can also be used to perform this particular task. In this, we convert the tuple to OrderedDict(), which automatically removes the duplicate elements and then construct a new tuple list using tuple().

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Remove duplicate lists in tuples(Preserving Order)
# Using OrderedDict() + tuple()
from collections import OrderedDict

# Initializing tuple
test_tup = ([4, 7, 8], [1, 2, 3], [4, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11], [1, 2, 3])

# printing original tuple
print("The original tuple is : " + str(test_tup))

# Remove duplicate lists in tuples(Preserving Order)
# Using OrderedDict() + tuple()
res = list(OrderedDict((tuple(x), x) for x in test_tup).values())

# printing result
print("The unique lists tuple is : " + str(res))

Output : 

The original tuple is : ([4, 7, 8], [1, 2, 3], [4, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11], [1, 2, 3])
The unique lists tuple is : [[4, 7, 8], [1, 2, 3], [9, 10, 11]]