> I am attempting to compare the items in two lists across two criteria - > membership and position. For example:
> list_a = [ 0, 4, 3, 6, 8 ] > list_b = [ 1, 8, 4, 6, 2 ] > Membership = There are 3 items that are common to both lists, that is 3 > items in list_a have membership in list_b (viz: 4, 6, 8); > Position = There is 1 item in list_a that is also in the same position > in both lists (viz: 6). Not sure if this will help, but take a look at Levenshtein Distance: http://www.merriampark.com/ld.htm Alan _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
