comparing two lists

[Ladislav Andel]

Peter Otten wrote:
> Ladislav Andel wrote:
>
>   
>> what would be the most efficient way to do following?
>>
>> I have a list of dictionaries  taken from DB e.g.
>> dblist = [{'id:1, 'host':'google.com','ip_address':'1.2.3.4'},
>> {'id:3, 'host':'yahoo.com','ip_address':'5.6.7.8'},
>> {'id:9, 'host':'msn.com','ip_address':'11.3.2.3'}]
>>
>> and list of object instances in memory(it's just for example)
>> which are looping within itself and testing particular hosts
>>
>> memlist = [<instance 1>,<instance 2>]
>> memlist[0].id  is 1 and  memlist[0].host is google.com etc.
>> memlist[1].id  is 9 and  memlist[1].host is msn.com etc.
>>
>> Now I want to add a new instance to memlist since id=3(in dblist) is not
>> in memlist.
>> How would you iterate through it and insert a new instance?
>>
>> The result should be:
>> memlist = [<instance 1>,<instance 2>, <instance 3>]
>> memlist[0].id  is 1 and  memlist[0].host is google.com etc.
>> memlist[1].id  is 3 and  memlist[1].host is yahoo.com etc.
>> memlist[2].id  is 9 and  memlist[2].host is msn.com etc.
>>     
>
> You should replace the memlist with a dictionary using (host, id) tuples as
> the keys. Here's an example that uses a set but requires you to modify the
> <instance N> class:
>
> dblist = [{'id':1, 'host':'google.com','ip_address':'1.2.3.4'},
> {'id':3, 'host':'yahoo.com','ip_address':'5.6.7.8'},
> {'id':9, 'host':'msn.com','ip_address':'11.3.2.3'}]
>
> class Item(object):
>     def __init__(self, id, host, **discarded):
>         self._tuple = (id, host)
>     def __hash__(self):
>         return hash(self._tuple)
>     def __eq__(self, other):
>         return self._tuple == other._tuple
>     def __repr__(self):
>         return "Item(id=%r, host=%r)" % self._tuple
>
> items = set([Item(1, "google.com")])
> for d in dblist:
>     item = Item(**d)
>     if item not in items:
>         print "adding", item
>         items.add(item)
>     else:
>         print item, "already there"
>
>   
Thank you for this nice solution. I wouldn't be able to write it this 
way at all
but what about removing from memlist if there is less items in dblist 
than in items (instances)?
I will have to iterate over items(instances) and remove that one which 
is not in dblist I guess.

Lada

> Peter
>