Going crazy...

[Irmen de Jong]

Jan Danielsson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>    I'm 100% sure that I saw an example which looked something like this
> recently:
> 
> 
>>>>a=(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
>>>>b=(2, 3, 6)
>>>>a - b
> 
> (1, 4, 5)
> 
>    The only new language I have been involved in lately is Python. Is my
> memory failing me, or have I seen such an Python-example somewhere? If
> so: Where; or more importantly: How does it work?
> 
>    I just tried typing the above in Python, and it - obviously - doesn't
> work, so it must be some other syntax.

Try sets:

 >>> a=set([1,2,3,4,5,6])
 >>> b=set([2,3,6])
 >>> a-b
set([1, 4, 5])
 >>>

--Irmen