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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def needs(self):
 """Returns a unique list of module names that this module depends on."""

        result = []
        for dep in self.dependencies:
            module = dep.split(".")[0].lower()
            if module not in result:
                result.append(module)

        return result