Removing Non-Duplicated Items from List (python)

Question

I have this list:

mylist = [['TX', 'DALLAS'],
 ['TX', 'DALLAS'],
 ['CA', 'LA'],
 ['CA', 'LA'],
 ['ID', 'BOISE']],

I've been trying to write a loop that makes a new list containing only those that were duplicates.

This is my current code:

for i in mylist:
  if mylist.count(i) > 1:
    mylist.remove(i)

mylist

my output:

[['TX', 'DALLAS'], ['CA', 'LA'], ['ID', 'BOISE']]

So the output would be:

[['TX', 'DALLAS'], ['CA', 'LA']],

"I've been trying to write a loop" Okay. What code did you write? What happened when you tried using that code? What specific problem did you encounter? What is your *question* about that problem? Please read [ask]. — Karl Knechtel, Jun 27 '22 at 23:30
Make a list containing all the elements and their counts. Then filter that to just the ones where the count > 1. — Barmar, Jun 27 '22 at 23:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '22 at 23:56

list_of_lists = [['TX', 'DALLAS'],
                 ['TX', 'DALLAS'],
                 ['CA', 'LA'],
                 ['CA', 'LA'],
                 ['ID', 'BOISE']]

duplicates = []

for item in list_of_lists:
    if list_of_lists.count(item) > 1 and item not in duplicates:
        duplicates.append(item)

print(duplicates)

Removing Non-Duplicated Items from List (python)

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