Remove Duplicate Characters in Java
Remove duplicate characters from a string, keeping first occurrences.
IntermediateModule 4: String ProgramsExample 7 of 25
remove-duplicate-characters.java
1import java.util.LinkedHashSet;2import java.util.Scanner;3import java.util.Set;45public class Main {6 public static void main(String[] args) {7 Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);8 System.out.print("Enter a string: ");9 String s = sc.nextLine();1011 Set<Character> set = new LinkedHashSet<>();12 for (char c : s.toCharArray()) {13 set.add(c);14 }1516 StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();17 for (char c : set) {18 sb.append(c);19 }2021 System.out.println("After removing duplicates: " + sb.toString());22 sc.close();23 }24}
Output
Enter a string: programming After removing duplicates: progamin
What's going on
We use a LinkedHashSet to preserve insertion order while removing duplicates.