From 1533f114af2dab5db12fabcb791a04b2463f80b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yibeichan <yibeichan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:55:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] get unique order

---
 reproschema/redcap2reproschema.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/reproschema/redcap2reproschema.py b/reproschema/redcap2reproschema.py
index 47473cb..a2c5596 100644
--- a/reproschema/redcap2reproschema.py
+++ b/reproschema/redcap2reproschema.py
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ def create_form_schema(
     matrix_list,
     scores_list,
 ):
+
+    # Use a set to track unique items and preserve order
+    unique_order = list(dict.fromkeys(order.get(form_name, [])))
+
     # Construct the JSON-LD structure
     json_ld = {
         "@context": schema_context_url,
@@ -258,7 +262,7 @@ def create_form_schema(
         "schemaVersion": "1.0.0-rc4",
         "version": "0.0.1",
         "ui": {
-            "order": order.get(form_name, []),
+            "order": unique_order,
             "addProperties": bl_list,
             "shuffle": False,
         },