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page_title: distinct - Functions - Configuration Language | |
description: The distinct function removes duplicate elements from a list. | |
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# `distinct` Function | |
`distinct` takes a list and returns a new list with any duplicate elements | |
removed. | |
The first occurrence of each value is retained and the relative ordering of | |
these elements is preserved. | |
## Examples | |
``` | |
> distinct(["a", "b", "a", "c", "d", "b"]) | |
[ | |
"a", | |
"b", | |
"c", | |
"d", | |
] | |
``` |