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Re: test for list equality

From Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject Re: test for list equality
Date 2011-12-15 20:02 -0500
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On 12/15/2011 12:59 PM, Miki Tebeka wrote:
>> My sort issue... as in this doesn't work
>>>>> if x.sort == y.sort:
> You're missing the () to make it a function call.
> Also list.sort() returns none, it mutates the original list.
> You can either
>      sorted(x) == sorted(y)
> or
>      set(x) == set(y)

or x.sort(); y.sort(); x == y

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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test for list equality noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 08:36 -0800
  Re: test for list equality noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 09:49 -0800
    Re: test for list equality John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-12-15 17:57 +0000
    Re: test for list equality Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 09:59 -0800
      Re: test for list equality MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-12-15 18:12 +0000
      Re: test for list equality darnold <darnold992000@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-15 10:12 -0800
      Re: test for list equality Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-12-15 12:20 -0600
        Re: test for list equality Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 10:25 -0800
        Re: test for list equality Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 10:25 -0800
      Re: test for list equality Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-15 20:02 -0500
    Re: test for list equality Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-12-15 19:01 +0100
      Re: test for list equality noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 10:07 -0800
        Re: test for list equality Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 11:28 -0700
          Re: test for list equality noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 10:32 -0800
    Re: test for list equality MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-12-15 18:06 +0000
  Re: test for list equality MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-12-15 17:54 +0000
  Re: test for list equality Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2011-12-16 17:30 +1100
  Re: test for list equality Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-16 00:11 -0700
  Re: test for list equality Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-12-16 00:32 -0700

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