a = [1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 1, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 19] b = 1 j = 1 #compare a[j] with everything less a[:b] while (j < len(a)): isin = False for i in range(b): if (a[i] == a[j]): isin = True if not isin: a[b] = a[j] b += 1 j += 1 a = a[0:b]