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Re: Compare tuples of different lenght

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Date 2011-08-20 01:45 -0700
Subject Re: Compare tuples of different lenght
From Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.255.1313829907.27778.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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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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Compare tuples of different lenght Jurgens de Bruin <debruinjj@gmail.com> - 2011-08-20 01:25 -0700
  Re: Compare tuples of different lenght Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-08-20 01:45 -0700
    Re: Compare tuples of different lenght Jurgens de Bruin <debruinjj@gmail.com> - 2011-08-20 01:54 -0700
    Re: Compare tuples of different lenght Jurgens de Bruin <debruinjj@gmail.com> - 2011-08-20 02:00 -0700
  Re: Compare tuples of different lenght Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-08-20 20:17 +1000
    Re: Compare tuples of different lenght Jurgens de Bruin <debruinjj@gmail.com> - 2011-08-20 03:47 -0700
  Re: Compare tuples of different lenght Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-08-20 13:56 +0200
  Re: Compare tuples of different lenght John O'Hagan <research@johnohagan.com> - 2011-08-21 01:03 +1000

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