Marjolaine, Solution: unique_index = [i for i,x in enumerate(l) if not or x != l[i-1]] Remember that enumerate gives the index,value pairs of the items in any iterable object. Try it for yourself. Here's the output from my IDLE session. In [1]: l = [(1,1), (2,3), (1, 1), (4,5), (2,3), (10,21)] In [2]: l.sort() In [3]: l Out[3]: [(1, 1), (1, 1), (2, 3), (2, 3), (4, 5), (10, 21)] In [4]: unique_index = [i for i, x in enumerate(l) if not i or x != l[i-1]] In [5]: unique_index Out[5]: [0, 2, 4, 5] BTW, I'm posting my response to the numpy-discussion group so others may benefit. It's best to address your questions to the group, as individuals are not always available to answer your question in a timely manner. And by posting your message to the group, you draw from a large body of very knowledgeable people who will gladly help you. Daran --
I saw your message on the numpy discussion board regarding the solution for the efficient removal of duplicates. I have the same problem but need to need to return the indices of the values as an input with associated z values. I was wondering if there was any ways to have the method you propoosed return the indices of the duplicate (or alternatively unique) values in a.
Here is the piece of code that you suggested at the time (Re: [Numpy-discussion] Efficient removal of duplicates, posted on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:10:00 -0800)
--------------------------------------------- import numpy as np
a = [(x0,y0), (x1,y1), ...] # A numpy array, but could be a list l = a.tolist() l.sort() unique = [x for i, x in enumerate(l) if not i or x != l[i-1]] # <---- a_unique = np.asarray(unique)
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Best regards, marjolaine
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