On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:45:07 -0400, Steve Holden wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Oct 5, 10:27 am, Abandoned <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi.. >>> I have a problem.. >>> list1=[11, 223, 334, 4223...] 1 million element >>> list2=[22,223,4223,2355...] 500.000 element >>> >>> I want to difference list1 to list2 but order very importent.. >>> >>> My result must be: >>> list3=[11,334,...] >>> >>> I do this use FOR easly but the speed very imported for me. I want to >>> the fastest method please help me. >> >> Research the "set" data type. :) >> > Probably not a very helpful suggestion given that ordering is stated to > be very important.
A `set()` can be part of such a solution. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list