diff --git a/snippets/filter_unique.md b/snippets/filter_unique.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..92184cf0b --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/filter_unique.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: filter_unique +tags: list,beginner +--- + +Filters out the unique values in a list. + +Use list comprehension and `list.count()` to create a list containing only the non-unique values. + +```py +def filter_unique(lst): + return [x for x in set(item for item in lst if lst.count(item) > 1)] +``` + +```py +filter_unique([1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5]) # [2, 4] +```