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Date Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:52:46 -0500
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On 12/01/2011 10:35 AM, 88888 Dihedral wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:47:13 PM UTC+8, Peter Otten wrote:
>> Neal Becker wrote:
>>
>>> I like to hash a list of words (actually, the command line args of my
>>> program) in such a way that different words will create different hash,
>>> but not sensitive to the order of the words.  Any ideas?
>> You mean a typical python hash value which would be /likely/ to differ for
>> different lists and /guaranteed/ to be equal for equal lists is not good
>> enough? Because that would be easy:
>>
>> args = sys.argv[1:]
>> hash(tuple(sorted(args))) # consider duplicate args
> I knew a hash can replace a bi-directional linked list.
> The value  can be a multi-field string  to be parsed for further actions.
> Is this what you are asking?
A hash is a number, so I don't see how it can replace any kind of linked 
list.  Perhaps you're thinking of some other language.

-- 

DaveA

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Re: order independent hash? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-11-30 13:47 +0100
  Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 07:35 -0800
  Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 07:35 -0800
    Re: order independent hash? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2011-12-01 10:52 -0500
      Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 08:17 -0800
      Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 08:17 -0800
    Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 03:18 +1100
      Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 20:29 -0800
        Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 16:00 +1100
          Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 21:48 -0800
            Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 00:40 +1100
          Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 21:48 -0800
            Re: order independent hash? Roel Schroeven <rschroev_nospam_ml@fastmail.fm> - 2011-12-04 14:41 +0100
              Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 07:39 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-04 10:41 -0700
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 10:06 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-04 13:13 -0700
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 15:17 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Matt Joiner <anacrolix@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 10:21 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-04 16:24 -0700
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 16:52 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-05 02:00 +0000
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 16:52 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 12:59 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-12-04 18:08 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-12-05 15:52 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Matt Joiner <anacrolix@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 14:02 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-06 21:24 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-06 21:24 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 15:17 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-04 19:28 -0500
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 10:06 -0800
          Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-02 10:53 +0100
            Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-02 03:48 -0800
            Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-02 09:00 -0800
            Re: order independent hash? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-02 16:40 -0500
              Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-04 14:55 +0100
                Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 01:08 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-07 14:28 +0100
                Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-07 09:48 -0800
                Re: order independent hash? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-12-04 12:57 -0600
                Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-08 10:30 +0100
                Re: order independent hash? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-09 11:27 +0000
                Re: order independent hash? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-12-09 17:51 +0100
                Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-10 04:13 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 10:58 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 11:17 +1100
                Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 14:04 +1100
        Re: order independent hash? Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 00:29 +1100
      Re: order independent hash? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 20:29 -0800
      Re: order independent hash? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-02 04:33 +0000

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