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Count Unique Items

You are given a list of items purchased in a store. Each item corresponds to a string. Write a program that reads the list of items and prints the count of unique items purchased. The input will consist of multiple lines where each line contains one item. The end of input is indicated by an empty line. Example input: apple banana apple orange Output should write the total unique count in a single line. Example output: 3

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