comefrom: <garvit244>26_1.py
code: def removeDuplicates( nums):
      if not nums:
          return 0
          
      index_i = 0
      
      for index_j in range(1, len(nums)):
          if nums[index_i] != nums[index_j]:
              index_i += 1
              nums[index_i] = nums[index_j]
      
      return index_i + 1
masked: def sample_funcname ( var_0 ) :
      if not var_0 :
          return 0
      var_2 = 0
      for var_6 in range ( 1 , len ( var_0 ) ) :
          if var_0 [ var_2 ] != var_0 [ var_6 ] :
              var_2 += 1
              var_0 [ var_2 ] = var_0 [ var_6 ]
      return var_2 + 1
  