github.com/rstandt/terraform@v0.12.32-0.20230710220336-b1063613405c/website/docs/configuration/functions/distinct.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "functions" 3 page_title: "distinct - Functions - Configuration Language" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-collection-distinct" 5 description: |- 6 The distinct function removes duplicate elements from a list. 7 --- 8 9 # `distinct` Function 10 11 -> **Note:** This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and 12 earlier, see 13 [0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax](../../configuration-0-11/interpolation.html). 14 15 `distinct` takes a list and returns a new list with any duplicate elements 16 removed. 17 18 The first occurrence of each value is retained and the relative ordering of 19 these elements is preserved. 20 21 ## Examples 22 23 ``` 24 > distinct(["a", "b", "a", "c", "d", "b"]) 25 [ 26 "a", 27 "b", 28 "c", 29 "d", 30 ] 31 ```