Unique Elements Only

Create array with only unique elements.

AdvancedPhase 4 - Level 5: Logical & AppliedExample 10 of 14
unique-elements-only.py
1# Take array
2n = int(input("Enter array size: "))
3arr = []
4for i in range(n):
5 arr.append(int(input(f"Element {i+1}: ")))
6
7# Get unique elements
8unique_arr = []
9seen = set()
10for element in arr:
11 if element not in seen:
12 unique_arr.append(element)
13 seen.add(element)
14
15print(f"Original: {arr}")
16print(f"Unique elements: {unique_arr}")

Output

Enter array size: 6
Element 1: 1
Element 2: 2
Element 3: 2
Element 4: 3
Element 5: 1
Element 6: 4
Original: [1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 4]
Unique elements: [1, 2, 3, 4]

What's going on

Keep only first occurrence of each element.

Key Concepts:

Use set to track seen elements
Add to result if not seen
Preserves order of first occurrence