[Tutor] Faster list searching?
GoodPotatoes
goodpotatoes at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 18 22:51:35 CET 2009
I'm dealing with bigger lists than I have been, and noticed this is getting really slow. Is there a faster way to do this?
for x in list1:
if x not in list2:
list3.append(x)
My search is taking up to 5 minutes to complete.
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