Remove_duplicates function (in Python) challenge.

Question

Write a function called remove_duplicates which will take one argument called string. This string input will only have characters between a-z.

The function should remove all repeated characters in the string and return a tuple with two values:

A new string with only unique, sorted characters.

The total number of duplicates dropped.

For example:

remove_duplicates('aaabbbac') => ('abc', 5)

remove_duplicates('a') => ('a', 0)

remove_duplicates('thelexash') => ('aehlstx', 2)

Answer 1

Essentially two lines:

https://code.sololearn.com/cTQ4xB61Txt9/?ref=app

Answer 2

https://code.sololearn.com/cwmHiKzwYPzh/?ref=app

Answer 3

@Tobi you are very correct

Answer 4

https://code.sololearn.com/cTvy3BYQGbzV