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--- get_unique_items_in_a_list [2021/07/23 21:54] – [Task] raju
+++ get_unique_items_in_a_list [2021/07/23 22:14] – [Task] raju
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 mylist = ['nowplaying', 'PBS', 'PBS', 'nowplaying', 'job', 'debate', 'thenandnow']
 </code>
-get the list of unique items. This can be one of three ways:
+get the list of unique items. The output can be one of three ways:
   - Order does not matter. <code>
 ['thenandnow', 'debate', 'nowplaying', 'PBS', 'job']
 </code>
-  - Preserve the order and keep the first unique one. <code>
+  - Preserve the order and keep the first unique item. <code>
 ['nowplaying', 'PBS', 'job', 'debate', 'thenandnow']
 </code>
-  - Preserve the order and keep the last unique one. <code>
+  - Preserve the order and keep the last unique item. <code>
 ['PBS', 'nowplaying', 'job', 'debate', 'thenandnow']
 </code>
-Assume Python >= 3.9 is used
+==== Notes and assumptions ====
+  * Assume Python >= 3.7 is used.
+  * Starting from Python 3.7, dictionaries in python are ordered by insertion order. Per https://docs.python.org/3.7/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries <code>
+Performing list(d) on a dictionary returns a list of all the keys used in the dictionary, in insertion order
+</code>
 ==== Case 1: unique unordered ====