尝试使用集合:

import sets
t = sets.Set(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
t1 = sets.Set(['a', 'b', 'c'])

print t | t1
print t - t1

Python的魔力内置类型

在python中，仅通过python的内置类型就可以很容易地处理这样复杂的情况。

让我告诉你怎么做!

方法一:一般情况

方法(1行代码)删除重复的元素在列表中仍然保持排序顺序

line = [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8]
new_line = sorted(set(line), key=line.index) # remove duplicated element
print(new_line)

你会得到结果的

[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8]

方法二:特殊情况

TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'

处理不可哈希的特殊情况(3行代码)

line=[['16.4966155686595', '-27.59776154691', '52.3786295521147']
,['16.4966155686595', '-27.59776154691', '52.3786295521147']
,['17.6508629295574', '-27.143305738671', '47.534955022564']
,['17.6508629295574', '-27.143305738671', '47.534955022564']
,['18.8051102904552', '-26.688849930432', '42.6912804930134']
,['18.8051102904552', '-26.688849930432', '42.6912804930134']
,['19.5504702331098', '-26.205884452727', '37.7709192714727']
,['19.5504702331098', '-26.205884452727', '37.7709192714727']
,['20.2929416861422', '-25.722717575124', '32.8500163147157']
,['20.2929416861422', '-25.722717575124', '32.8500163147157']]

tuple_line = [tuple(pt) for pt in line] # convert list of list into list of tuple
tuple_new_line = sorted(set(tuple_line),key=tuple_line.index) # remove duplicated element
new_line = [list(t) for t in tuple_new_line] # convert list of tuple into list of list

print (new_line)

你会得到这样的结果:

[
  ['16.4966155686595', '-27.59776154691', '52.3786295521147'], 
  ['17.6508629295574', '-27.143305738671', '47.534955022564'], 
  ['18.8051102904552', '-26.688849930432', '42.6912804930134'], 
  ['19.5504702331098', '-26.205884452727', '37.7709192714727'], 
  ['20.2929416861422', '-25.722717575124', '32.8500163147157']
]

因为元组是可哈希的，你可以很容易地在列表和元组之间转换数据

def remove_duplicates(input_list):
  if input_list == []:
    return []
  #sort list from smallest to largest
  input_list=sorted(input_list)
  #initialize ouput list with first element of the       sorted input list
  output_list = [input_list[0]]
  for item in input_list:
    if item >output_list[-1]:
      output_list.append(item)
  return output_list   

简单易行:

myList = [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8]
cleanlist = []
[cleanlist.append(x) for x in myList if x not in cleanlist]

输出:

>>> cleanlist 
[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8]

也有使用Pandas和Numpy的解决方案。它们都返回numpy数组，所以如果你想要一个列表，你必须使用.tolist()函数。

t=['a','a','b','b','b','c','c','c']
t2= ['c','c','b','b','b','a','a','a']

熊猫的解决方案

唯一使用Pandas函数():

import pandas as pd
pd.unique(t).tolist()
>>>['a','b','c']
pd.unique(t2).tolist()
>>>['c','b','a']

Numpy解决方案

使用numpy函数unique()。

import numpy as np
np.unique(t).tolist()
>>>['a','b','c']
np.unique(t2).tolist()
>>>['a','b','c']

注意，numpy.unique()也对值进行排序。所以列表t2是有序返回的。如果你想保留顺序，可以这样回答:

_, idx = np.unique(t2, return_index=True)
t2[np.sort(idx)].tolist()
>>>['c','b','a']

与其他解决方案相比，该解决方案并不那么优雅，但是，与pandas.unique()相比，numpy.unique()还允许您检查嵌套数组在选定的轴上是否唯一。

到目前为止，我看到的所有保持顺序的方法要么使用朴素比较(时间复杂度最多为O(n^2))，要么使用限制于可哈希输入的重载OrderedDicts/set+list组合。下面是一个与哈希无关的O(nlogn)解决方案:

更新增加了关键参数、文档和Python 3兼容性。

# from functools import reduce <-- add this import on Python 3

def uniq(iterable, key=lambda x: x):
    """
    Remove duplicates from an iterable. Preserves order. 
    :type iterable: Iterable[Ord => A]
    :param iterable: an iterable of objects of any orderable type
    :type key: Callable[A] -> (Ord => B)
    :param key: optional argument; by default an item (A) is discarded 
    if another item (B), such that A == B, has already been encountered and taken. 
    If you provide a key, this condition changes to key(A) == key(B); the callable 
    must return orderable objects.
    """
    # Enumerate the list to restore order lately; reduce the sorted list; restore order
    def append_unique(acc, item):
        return acc if key(acc[-1][1]) == key(item[1]) else acc.append(item) or acc 
    srt_enum = sorted(enumerate(iterable), key=lambda item: key(item[1]))
    return [item[1] for item in sorted(reduce(append_unique, srt_enum, [srt_enum[0]]))]