How do I remove consecutive duplicates from a list? [duplicate]

Answer 1

list1 = ['a', 'a', 'a', 'b', 'b' , 'a', 'f', 'c', 'a','a']
temp_list = []


for item in list1:   
   if len(temp_list) == 0:
      temp_list.append(item)

   elif len(temp_list) > 0:
      if  temp_list[-1] != item:
          temp_list.append(item)

print(temp_list)

1. Fetch each item from the main list(list1).
2. If the 'temp_list' is empty add that item.
3. If not , check whether the last item in the temp_list is not same as the item we fetched from 'list1'.
4. if items are different append into temp_list.