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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", | |
| ] | |
| ``` |