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Re: Python sets which support multiple same elements

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On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 9:37 PM, ErichCart ErichCart
<erichcart@gmail.com> wrote:
> For example, I was writing a program to detect whether two strings are
> anagrams of each other. I had to write it like this:
>
> def isAnagram(w1, w2):
>  w2=list(w2)
>  for c in w1:
>    if c not in w2:
>      return False
>    else:
>      w2.remove(c)
>  return True

You may find it helpful to simply sort the lists, keeping them as
lists. If they're anagrams of each other, their sorted versions will
be equal.

Chris Angelico

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Python sets which support multiple same elements ErichCart ErichCart <erichcart@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 04:37 -0700
  RE: Python sets which support multiple same elements Andreas Tawn <andreas.tawn@ubisoft.com> - 2011-05-20 13:53 +0200
  Re: Python sets which support multiple same elements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 21:57 +1000

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