Python: Best Way to remove duplicate character from string

Question

How can I remove duplicate characters from a string using Python? For example, let\'s say I have a string:

foo = \"SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS\"

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Answer 1

def remove_duplicates(astring):
  if isinstance(astring,str) :
    #the first approach will be to use set so we will convert string to set and then convert back set to string and compare the lenght of the 2
    newstring = astring[0]
    for char in astring[1:]:
        if char not in newstring:
            newstring += char    
    return newstring,len(astring)-len(newstring)
  else:
raise TypeError("only deal with alpha  strings")

I've discover that solution with itertools and with list comprehesion even the solution when we compare the char to the last element of the list doesn't works