Best way to find unique items in a list

[Timothy Grant]

maxm wrote:
> Anyone for a little brain gym?
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> def Unique(theList):
>     uniqueList = []
>     OldValue = ''
>     theList.sort()
>     for value in theList:
>         if OldValue != value:
>             uniqueList.append(value)
>         OldValue = value
>     return uniqueList
> 
> print Unique(['Max','Gitte','Magnus','Caroline','Clara','Max','Gitte'])

How about...

def Unique(theList):
    uniqueList = []
    for value in theList:
        if value in uniqueList:
            continue
        uniqueList.append(value)
    return uniqueList



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