DeleteDuplicates
DeleteDuplicates[list]
returns list
with the duplicates removed.
Attributes[DeleteDuplicates] := {Protected}
Simple examples
In[1]:= DeleteDuplicates[{b, a, b}] Out[1]= {b, a}
In[2]:= DeleteDuplicates[foo[b, a, b]] Out[2]= foo[b, a]
In[3]:= DeleteDuplicates[{}] Out[3]= {}
In[4]:= Length[DeleteDuplicates[Range[10000]]] Out[4]= 10000