import pandas as pd
def file_to_list(file):
rtn: object = []
file_object: object = open(file, "r")
rtn: object = file_object.read().splitlines()
file_object.close()
return list(filter(None, pd.unique(rtn).tolist())) # Remove Empty/Duplicates Values
pass
# Example #
data_from_file: object = file_to_list('filename.txt')