Python: Rename duplicates in list with progressive numbers without sorting list

Question

Given a list like this:

mylist = [\"name\", \"state\", \"name\", \"city\", \"name\", \"zip\", \"zip\"]

I would like to rename the duplicate

Answer 1

Less fancy stuff.

from collections import defaultdict
mylist = ["name", "state", "name", "city", "name", "zip", "zip"]
finalList = []
dictCount = defaultdict(int)
anotherDict = defaultdict(int)
for t in mylist:
   anotherDict[t] += 1
for m in mylist:
   dictCount[m] += 1
   if anotherDict[m] > 1:
       finalList.append(str(m)+str(dictCount[m]))
   else:
       finalList.append(m)
print finalList