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Subject: Re: Compare tuples of different lenght
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On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Jurgens de Bruin <debruinjj@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a list of tuples:
>
> [(2,),(12,13),(2,3,4),(8,),(5,6),(7,8,9),]
>
> I would like to compare all the tuples to each other and if one
> element if found two tuples the smallest tuples is removed from the
> list.

So, would [(5,6), (6,7,8)] become [(6,7,8)] ?

If no, then I believe you're trying to solve the set covering problem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_cover_problem

Cheers,
Chris
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