I know a way to do that
set1 = set(list1)
set2 = set(list2)
combined = set1&set2

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Walter Prins <wpr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ankur,
>
> On 2 July 2011 21:30, ANKUR AGGARWAL <coolankur2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey
>> I am looking for an algo for the largest sequence search in the two list.
>>
>> Example : list a accepts some say 'm' numbers. list b accept says 'n'
>> numbers. I want to look for the largest same sequence between the two list
>> and then display it. I tried out but failed to do so.
>> Say A=[11,23,45,21,63,56,78,32]
>> B=[56,78,11,23,45,21,111,234,56543]
>>
>> There are two  similar sequence matching over here [11,23] and [23,45,21]
>> i want to display second sequence because its larger in number. Plz help
>> Thanks in Advance :)
>>
>
> Umm, what about [11,23,45,21]?  That seems to be longer still so should be
> the best one to display, or?
>
> Walter
>
>
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