Remove Duplicate Characters from a String

Code

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

void remove_duplicates(char *str) {
    for (int i = 0; str[i] != '\0'; i++) {
        for (int j = i + 1; str[j] != '\0'; ) {
            if (str[j] == str[i]) {
                // shift left completely
                for (int k = j; str[k] != '\0'; k++) {
                    str[k] = str[k + 1];
                }
            } else {
                j++;  // move only if no deletion
            }
        }
    }
}


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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