A "for" with "list" question.

[Emile van Sebille]

Mauro:
> I've got 2 lists and I want to print print only the common, itens in
> both lists and the not common after.
>
> Exemple:
>
> a = [0,1,2]
> b = [1,2,3]
>
> 1° Print only -> 1 and 2
> Because the 1 and 2 are the only than appears in both lists.
>
> 2° Print only -> 0 and 3
> This are the itens than are only in their lists.
>

In current cvs you can do:

import sets

a = sets.Set([0,1,2])
b = sets.Set([1,2,3])

print 'a & b ', a & b
print 'a | b ', a | b
print '(a | b) - (a & b) ',(a | b) - (a & b)

And in older versions you could do:

a = [0,1,2]
b = [1,2,3]

mix = {}

for source in (a,b):
    for item in source:
        count = mix.setdefault(item, 0)
        mix[item] = count + 1

print 'a & b ', mix.keys()
print 'a | b ', [ ii for ii,jj in mix.items() if jj == 2 ]
print '(a | b) - (a & b) ', [ ii for ii,jj in mix.items() if jj == 1 ]

HTH,

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com