how to compare...

[James Stroud]

jairodsl wrote:
> Hello everybody !
> 
> 
> I have two list, they are, S1=['A','B','C','D','E'], and
> S2=['F','G','H','I','J'], but i have to compare both in this way:
> 
>                  A  vs J
>                  A  vs I,  B vs J
>                  A  vs H, B vs I, C vs J
>                  A  vs G, B vs H, C vs I,  D vs J
>                  A  vs F, B vs G, C vs H, D vs I, E vs J
>                  B  vs F, C vs G, D vs H, E vs I
>                  C  vs F, D vs G, E vs H
>                  D  vs F, E vs G
>                  E vs F
> 
> Perhaps, you should understand better in this way:
> 
>                      A
>                      J
> 
>                      A  B
>                       I   J
> 
>                      A  B  C
>                      H   I   J
> 
>                      A  B  C  D
>                      G  H   I   J
> 
>                      A  B  C  D  E
>                      F  G  H   I   J
> 
>                      B  C  D  E
>                      F  G  H   I
> 
>                      C  D  E
>                      F  G  H
> 
>                      D  E
>                      F  G
> 
>                      E
>                      F
> 
> Could someone give me any idea how to compare(or print) both list in
> this way ??? Thanks a lot !!!
> 
> jDSL
> 
for i in xrange(1, len(S1)+1):
   print S1[0:i]
   print S2[-i:]
   print

Am I really the first person to respond to this?