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Check for duplicates in a list

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Language

Python

Visibility

public

Author

raulciprian.tudor

Created

2026-01-04T12:31:00.750205Z

Updated

2026-01-04T16:31:05.769945Z

some_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'b', 'd', 'm', 'n', 'n']
seen = set()
duplicates = set()

for char in some_list: #loop through chars
    if char in seen: # if char is present in seen -> add to duplicates
        duplicates.add(char)
    seen.add(char) # otherwise if char is not present in seen -> add to seen

print(list(duplicates))
INFO