Remove Duplicate Characters from a String

Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

int strlen(const char *str){
    int len = 0;
    while (*str != '\0'){
            len++;
            str++;
    }

    return len;
}

void shift_elements(char* str) {
  while (*str != '\0') {
    *str = *(str+1);
    str++;
  }
  *str = '\0';   // ensures end of string
}

void remove_duplicates(char *str) {
    int len = strlen(str);

    for (int i=0; i<(len-1); i++){
        for (int j=i+1; j<len; j++){
            if (str[i] == str[j]){
                shift_elements(&str[j]);
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    char str[101];
    fgets(str, sizeof(str), stdin);

    // Remove newline
    uint8_t i = 0;
    while (str[i]) {
        if (str[i] == '\n') {
            str[i] = '\0';
            break;
        }
        i++;
    }

    remove_duplicates(str);
    printf("%s", str);
    return 0;
}

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Expected Output

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