Test if list contains another list

[James Mills]

Hi,

>>> a = [1,2,3]
>>> b = [3,2,1,4]
>>> a = set(a)
>>> b = set(b)
>>> a.intersection(b)
set([1, 2, 3])

Is this what you want ?

cheers
James

On 9/8/08, mathieu <mathieu.malaterre at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>   I am trying to write something very simple to test if a list
>  contains another one:
>
>  a = [1,2,3]
>
>  b = [3,2,1,4]
>
>  but 'a in b' returns False. How do I check that a is indeed contained
>  in b ?
>
>  thanks
>
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