remove a list from a list

[Rares Vernica]

That is a nice solution.

But, how about modifying the list in place?

That is, l would become ['c', 'D'].

Thanks a lot,
Ray

Tim Chase wrote:
>> I have a list like
>>    e = ['a', 'b', 'e']
>> and another list like
>>    l = ['A', 'a', 'c', 'D', 'E']
>> I would like to remove from l all the elements that appear in e 
>> case-insensitive. That is, the result would be
>>    r = ['c', 'D']
>>
>> What is a *nice* way of doing it?
> 
> 
> Well, it's usually advantageous (for speed purposes) to make a 
> set out of your lookup data.  One can then use it for a list 
> comprehension something like
> 
>  >>> e = ['a', 'b', 'e']
>  >>> l = ['A', 'a', 'c', 'D', 'E']
>  >>> s = set(e)
>  >>> [x for x in l if x.lower() not in s]
> ['c', 'D']
> 
> This presumes that "e" is all lowercase letters.  Otherwise, you 
> can force it with
> 
> 	s = set(c.lower() for c in e)
> 
> -tkc
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