@huashengdou
def remove_duplicates(s: str) -> str:
result = "" # Initialize an empty string to store the characters after removing duplicates
for char in s: # Iterate through each character in the string
if char not in result: # If the character is not already in the result string
result += char # Add the character to the result string
return result # Return the string after removing duplicates
# Test
print(remove_duplicates("abcabcbb")) # Output: "abc"