使用HashSet可以很容易地做到这一点。

List<int> listWithDuplicates = new List<int> { 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
HashSet<int> hashWithoutDuplicates = new HashSet<int> ( listWithDuplicates );
List<int> listWithoutDuplicates = hashWithoutDuplicates.ToList();

在Java中(我认为c#或多或少是相同的):

list = new ArrayList<T>(new HashSet<T>(list))

如果你真的想改变原来的列表:

List<T> noDupes = new ArrayList<T>(new HashSet<T>(list));
list.clear();
list.addAll(noDupes);

为了保持顺序，只需将HashSet替换为LinkedHashSet。

也许您应该考虑使用HashSet。

从MSDN链接:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        HashSet<int> evenNumbers = new HashSet<int>();
        HashSet<int> oddNumbers = new HashSet<int>();

        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
        {
            // Populate numbers with just even numbers.
            evenNumbers.Add(i * 2);

            // Populate oddNumbers with just odd numbers.
            oddNumbers.Add((i * 2) + 1);
        }

        Console.Write("evenNumbers contains {0} elements: ", evenNumbers.Count);
        DisplaySet(evenNumbers);

        Console.Write("oddNumbers contains {0} elements: ", oddNumbers.Count);
        DisplaySet(oddNumbers);

        // Create a new HashSet populated with even numbers.
        HashSet<int> numbers = new HashSet<int>(evenNumbers);
        Console.WriteLine("numbers UnionWith oddNumbers...");
        numbers.UnionWith(oddNumbers);

        Console.Write("numbers contains {0} elements: ", numbers.Count);
        DisplaySet(numbers);
    }

    private static void DisplaySet(HashSet<int> set)
    {
        Console.Write("{");
        foreach (int i in set)
        {
            Console.Write(" {0}", i);
        }
        Console.WriteLine(" }");
    }
}

/* This example produces output similar to the following:
 * evenNumbers contains 5 elements: { 0 2 4 6 8 }
 * oddNumbers contains 5 elements: { 1 3 5 7 9 }
 * numbers UnionWith oddNumbers...
 * numbers contains 10 elements: { 0 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 9 }
 */

根据删除重复，我们必须应用下面的逻辑，所以它将以快速的方式删除重复。

public class Program
{

    public static void Main(string[] arges)
    {
        List<string> cities = new List<string>() { "Chennai", "Kolkata", "Mumbai", "Mumbai","Chennai", "Delhi", "Delhi", "Delhi", "Chennai", "Kolkata", "Mumbai", "Chennai" };
        cities = RemoveDuplicate(cities);

        foreach (var city in cities)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(city);
        }
    }

    public static List<string> RemoveDuplicate(List<string> cities)
    {
        if (cities.Count < 2)
        {
            return cities;
        }

        int size = cities.Count;
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        {
            for (int j = i+1; j < size; j++)
            {
                if (cities[i] == cities[j])
                {
                    cities.RemoveAt(j);
                    size--;
                    j--;
                }
            }
        }
        return cities;
    }
}

这里有一个简单的解决方案，不需要任何难读的LINQ或任何列表的预先排序。

   private static void CheckForDuplicateItems(List<string> items)
    {
        if (items == null ||
            items.Count == 0)
            return;

        for (int outerIndex = 0; outerIndex < items.Count; outerIndex++)
        {
            for (int innerIndex = 0; innerIndex < items.Count; innerIndex++)
            {
                if (innerIndex == outerIndex) continue;
                if (items[outerIndex].Equals(items[innerIndex]))
                {
                    // Duplicate Found
                }
            }
        }
    }

如果你使用。net 3+，你可以使用Linq。

List<T> withDupes = LoadSomeData();
List<T> noDupes = withDupes.Distinct().ToList();