Find unique rows in numpy.array

Question

I need to find unique rows in a numpy.array.

For example:

>>> a # I have
array([[1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
         


        

Answer 1

The most straightforward solution is to make the rows a single item by making them strings. Each row then can be compared as a whole for its uniqueness using numpy. This solution is generalize-able you just need to reshape and transpose your array for other combinations. Here is the solution for the problem provided.

import numpy as np

original = np.array([[1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
       [0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
       [1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
       [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0]])

uniques, index = np.unique([str(i) for i in original], return_index=True)
cleaned = original[index]
print(cleaned)    

Will Give:

 array([[0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
        [1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0]])

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