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Re: testing if a list contains a sublist

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Date Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:17:08 +0200
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> That can be easily fixed:
>
>>>> def sublist(lst1, lst2):
> 	s1 = ','.join(map(str, lst1))
> 	s2 = ','.join(map(str, lst2))
> 	return False if s2.find(s1)==-1 else True
>
> I don't know about best, but it works for the examples given.
>
For numbers, it will always work. But what about

lst1 = [",",",,"]
lst1 = [",",",",","]

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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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