Python Deduplication Function | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a Python function that processes a list of records and removes duplicates.

Define a record as a dictionary with string keys and hashable values. Return a new list containing only the first occurrence of each distinct record, preserving input order. Records with the same key-value pairs are duplicates even if their key insertion order differs.

Function signature: def remove_duplicates(records):

Input is a list of dictionaries. Output is a list of dictionaries.

Constraints

0 <= len(records) <= 10000
Each record is a dictionary
Each key is a string
Each value is hashable
Preserve the first occurrence and original input order

Function Signature

def remove_duplicates(records):

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