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Date Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:26:54 +0200
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hi list,
what is the best way to check if a given list (lets call it l1) is
totally contained in a second list (l2)?

for example:
l1 = [1,2], l2 = [1,2,3,4,5] -> l1 is contained in l2
l1 = [1,2,2,], l2 = [1,2,3,4,5] -> l1 is not contained in l2
l1 = [1,2,3], l2 = [1,3,5,7] -> l1 is not contained in l2

my problem is the second example, which makes it impossible to work with
sets insteads of lists. But something like set.issubset for lists would
be nice.

greatz Johannes

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testing if a list contains a sublist Johannes <dajo.mail@web.de> - 2011-08-16 01:26 +0200
  Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-08-15 20:53 -0400
    Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2011-08-16 08:51 +0200
      Re: testing if a list contains a sublist alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-08-16 00:19 -0700
      Re: testing if a list contains a sublist alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-08-16 00:14 -0700
        Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2011-08-16 10:00 +0200
        Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Johannes <dajo.mail@web.de> - 2011-08-16 17:26 +0200
      Re: testing if a list contains a sublist ChasBrown <cbrown@cbrownsystems.com> - 2011-08-16 00:24 -0700
    Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2011-08-16 14:23 +0200
      Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-08-16 08:53 -0400
      Re: testing if a list contains a sublist nn <pruebauno@latinmail.com> - 2011-08-16 07:53 -0700
        Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2011-08-16 17:17 +0200
          Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2011-08-16 17:39 +0200
        Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-08-16 17:45 +0000
  Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-08-16 12:12 +1000
    Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-08-16 18:19 +1000
  Re: testing if a list contains a sublist ChasBrown <cbrown@cbrownsystems.com> - 2011-08-15 23:14 -0700
  Re: testing if a list contains a sublist ChasBrown <cbrown@cbrownsystems.com> - 2011-08-15 23:13 -0700
  Re: testing if a list contains a sublist ChasBrown <cbrown@cbrownsystems.com> - 2011-08-15 23:14 -0700
    Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-08-16 18:37 +1000
      Re: testing if a list contains a sublist ChasBrown <cbrown@cbrownsystems.com> - 2011-08-16 21:13 -0700
  Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-16 12:21 +0100
    Re: testing if a list contains a sublist John Posner <jjposner@codicesoftware.com> - 2011-08-16 09:57 -0400
    Re: testing if a list contains a sublist John Posner <jjposner@optimum.net> - 2011-08-16 09:57 -0400
      Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-17 13:28 +0100
  Re: testing if a list contains a sublist Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-08-20 12:10 +1000

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