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From: Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net>
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Subject: Re: What is the most efficient way to compare similar contents in two lists?
Date: 13 Jun 2011 18:40:33 GMT
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In article <mailman.188.1307988677.11593.python-list@python.org>
Chris Angelico  <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>If order and duplicates matter, then you want a completely different
>diff. I wrote one a while back, but not in Python. ...

If order and duplicates matter, one might want to look into
difflib. :-)
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