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Re: Converting a set into list

From TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Converting a set into list
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Date 2011-05-15 23:56 +0800
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SigmundV wrote:

> I think the OP wants to find the intersection of two lists.
> list(set(list1) & set(list2)) is indeed one way to achieve this. [i
> for i in list1 if i in list2] is another one

Exactly. I was confused on that I wasn't able to have a list in return.
The set intersection is the smartest result better than a "for" loop or a 
comprehension list.
Infact the operatin loops are compiled into python, therfore they are the 
fastest.
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Converting a set into list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-05-14 17:02 +0800
  Re: Converting a set into list Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-05-14 11:33 +0200
    Re: Converting a set into list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-05-14 22:14 +0800
      Re: Converting a set into list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 04:22 +1000
  Re: Converting a set into list Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-15 00:12 +1000
    Re: Converting a set into list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-05-14 22:51 +0800
      Re: Converting a set into list Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-15 09:21 +1000
        Re: Converting a set into list Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-05-15 02:11 +0000
          Re: Converting a set into list SigmundV <sigmundv@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 04:18 -0700
            Re: Converting a set into list SigmundV <sigmundv@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 04:23 -0700
            Re: Converting a set into list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-05-15 23:56 +0800
              Re: Converting a set into list Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-05-15 22:27 +0200
                Re: Converting a set into list Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> - 2011-05-16 13:37 +1100
                Re: Converting a set into list Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-05-16 08:34 +0200
                Re: Converting a set into list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-05-16 22:23 +0800
                Re: Converting a set into list Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-17 10:33 +1000
            Re: Converting a set into list Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-15 13:07 -0400
          Re: Converting a set into list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-05-16 00:05 +0800
            Re: Converting a set into list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-15 16:28 +0000
              Re: Converting a set into list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-05-16 00:35 +0800
          Re: Converting a set into list Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-16 10:24 +0000
            Re: Converting a set into list Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-05-17 01:07 +0000

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