[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OriginalBrownster wrote: > > Hi there: > > > > I know this probably is a very easy thing to do in python, but i wanted > > to compare 2 lists and generate a new list that does not copy similar > > entries. An example below > > > > list= ["apple", "banana", "grape"] > > list2=["orange","banana", "pear"] > > > > now I want to compare these lits and generate a third list after > > comparison > > > > list3 would be ["apple", "banana","grape","orange", "pear"] > > > > hence the double entry would not show up? > > > > Is there a way to do this?? > > > > Stephen > > How about: > > list3 = list1 + [item for item in list2 if item not in list1] > > print list3: > > ['apple', 'banana', 'grape', 'orange', 'pear']
It works with the data given, but if list1 contains duplicates... - Pad -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
