On May 29, 6:36 pm, loial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a requirement to compare 2 text files and write to a 3rd file > only those lines that appear in the 2nd file but not in the 1st file. > > Rather than re-invent the wheel I am wondering if anyone has written > anything already?
You can use the cmp(x, y) function to tell if a string is similar to another. going cmp('spam', 'eggs') will return 1 (spam is greater than eggs) (have no idea why) swapping the two give -1 and having 'eggs' and 'eggs' gives 0. is that what you were looking for? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list