# remove-duplicate-list-values

## Description

<mark style="color:purple;">`remove-duplicate-list-values`</mark> *adaptor removes duplicate values in a list.*

The adaptor removes duplicated list values and provides a list containing only the unique values. The case-sensitive option can be used to treat uppercase and lowercase letters as different or equivalent. The duplicates output will show all removed duplicate values, not a unique list of removed values.

## Inputs

**`list`**\
Type: `list`\
Required: Yes\
The list containing duplicate values to be removed.

**`case sensitive`**\
Type: `boolean`\
Required: No\
When set to `True`, lowercase and uppercase letters are treated as different. When set to `False`, lowercase and uppercase letters are treated as equivalent. If unspecified, defaults to `False`

## Outputs

**`list`**\
Type: `list`\
A list containing unique values.

**`duplicates`**\
Type: `list`\
A list containing duplicate values.

## Examples

### Example 1: Default behaviour.

#### Inputs:

`list:`

1. Bovine
2. Mouse
3. Gibbon
4. Orangutan
5. bovine
6. mouse
7. Bovine

`case sensitive:` *null (empty)*

#### Outputs:

`list`:

1. Bovine
2. Mouse
3. Gibbon
4. Orangutan

`duplicates:`

1. bovine
2. mouse
3. Bovine

-> Removed duplicate values from the list. Note that the first instance of a value is the one retained - in this instance Bovine instead of bovine.

### Example 2: Remove duplicate values with case sensitive set to true.

#### Inputs:

`list:`

1. Bovine
2. Mouse
3. Gibbon
4. Orangutan
5. bovine
6. mouse
7. Bovine

`case sensitive:` True

#### Outputs:

`list`:

1. Bovine
2. Mouse
3. Gibbon
4. Orangutan
5. bovine
6. mouse

`duplicates:`

1. Bovine

-> Removed case sensitive duplicate values from the list.

## Use case

* Use after [<mark style="color:purple;">`create-list-from-datatable`</mark>](https://cgps.gitbook.io/data-flo/reference-guide/create-list-from-datatable) adaptor to identify duplicate values from a datatable column.
* Use to create the input for an adaptor requiring a list of options.
* If a unique list of the removed values is needed, a second <mark style="color:purple;">`remove-duplicate-list-values`</mark> adaptor could be connected to the duplicates output.