github.com/anth0d/nomad@v0.0.0-20221214183521-ae3a0a2cad06/website/content/docs/job-specification/hcl2/functions/collection/distinct.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 layout: docs 3 page_title: distinct - Functions - Configuration Language 4 description: The distinct function removes duplicate elements from a list. 5 --- 6 7 # `distinct` Function 8 9 `distinct` takes a list and returns a new list with any duplicate elements 10 removed. 11 12 The first occurrence of each value is retained and the relative ordering of 13 these elements is preserved. 14 15 ## Examples 16 17 ```shell-session 18 > distinct(["a", "b", "a", "c", "d", "b"]) 19 [ 20 "a", 21 "b", 22 "c", 23 "d", 24 ] 25 ```