[Tutor] another better way to do this ?

[Emile van Sebille]

On 01/12/2014 06:43 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
>   Roelof Wobben <rwobben at hotmail.com> Wrote in message:
>
> That documentation says nothing about order.  And the test cases
>   specifically contradict it.
>
> so try
>
> if set (b) <= set (a):

or, as the OP specified, if order is relevant,

def test(a,b):
   for ii in a:
     if ii not in b: a=a.replace(ii,"")
   return b in a

Emile