On Jun 13, 11:09 am, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Zachary Dziura <zcdzi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > if set(source_headers) == set(target_headers): > > similar_headers = len(source_headers) > > Since you're making sets already, I'd recommend using set operations - > same_headers is the (length of the) intersection of those two sets, > and different_headers is the XOR. > > # If you need the lists afterwards, use different variable names > source_headers = set(source_headers) > target_headers = set(target_headers) > similar_headers = len(source_headers & target_headers) > different_headers = len(source_headers ^ target_headers) > > Chris Angelico
Wow! That was a lot easier than I thought it would be! I guess I should have done a little bit more research into such operations. Thanks a bunch!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
