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Find Duplicate Transaction IDs

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Problem

Write a function to identify duplicates in a list of transaction IDs.

Return each duplicated ID exactly once, in the order its repetition is first detected. Return an empty list when no ID appears more than once.

Input: a list of strings. Output: a list of strings.

Example: ['tx1', 'tx2', 'tx1', 'tx3', 'tx2'] returns ['tx1', 'tx2'].

Constraints: The list contains 0 to 100,000 IDs, each ID is a non-empty string.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(transaction_ids) <= 100000
  • Each transaction ID is a non-empty string
  • Return each duplicate exactly once
  • Preserve the order in which duplicates are first detected

Function Signature

def identify_duplicates(transaction_ids):
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