Python | Get unique values from a list

08 Jul, 2022
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 valuesdef 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 codelist1 = [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 than 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 valuesdef 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 codelist1 = [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 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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#Python program to check if two # to get unique values from list# using numpy.unique import numpy as np  # function to get unique valuesdef unique(list1):    x = np.array(list1)    print(np.unique(x))        # driver codelist1 = [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.
Python3
# Python program to check if two# to get unique values from list# importing counter from collectionsfrom collections import Counter  # Function to get unique valuesdef unique(list1):        # Print directly by using * symbol    print(*Counter(list1))    # driver codelist1 = [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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