r19489 - /trunk/lib/list.py -- April 17, 2013 - 23:01

Author: bugman
Date: Wed Apr 17 23:01:45 2013
New Revision: 19489

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax?rev=19489&view=rev
Log:
Created the lib.list.unique_elements() function for returning a list with 
duplicates removed.


Modified:
    trunk/lib/list.py

Modified: trunk/lib/list.py
URL: 
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/trunk/lib/list.py?rev=19489&r1=19488&r2=19489&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- trunk/lib/list.py (original)
+++ trunk/lib/list.py Wed Apr 17 23:01:45 2013
@@ -26,10 +26,26 @@
 def count_unique_elements(values=None):
     """Count the number of unique instances in the given list.
 
-    @keyword values:    The list of values to count.
+    @keyword values:    The original list.
     @type values:       list
     @return:            The number of unique instances.
     @rtype:             int
+    """
+
+    # Create a new list.
+    new_list = unique_elements(values=values)
+
+    # The number.
+    return len(new_list)
+
+
+def unique_elements(values=None):
+    """Return a new list with duplicates removed.
+
+    @keyword values:    The original list.
+    @type values:       list
+    @return:            The new list with duplicates removed.
+    @rtype:             list
     """
 
     # Create a new list.
@@ -38,5 +54,5 @@
         if i not in new_list:
             new_list.append(i)
 
-    # The number.
-    return len(new_list)
+    # Return the new list.
+    return new_list