>Chris Torek <nos...@torek.net> wrote: >> >>> x = [3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6] >> >>> list(set(x)) >> This might not be the best example since the result is sorted >> "by accident", while other list(set(...)) results are not.
In article <Xns9EE772D313153duncanbooth@127.0.0.1>, Duncan Booth <duncan.bo...@suttoncourtenay.org.uk> wrote: >A minor change to your example makes it out of order even for integers: > >>>> x = [7, 8, 9, 1, 4, 1] >>>> list(set(x)) >[8, 9, 1, 4, 7] > >or for that mattter: > >>>> list(set([3, 32, 4, 32, 5, 9, 2, 6])) >[32, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9] Yes, but then it is no longer "as easy as pi". :-) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Wind River Systems Salt Lake City, UT, USA (40°39.22'N, 111°50.29'W) +1 801 277 2603 email: gmail (figure it out) http://web.torek.net/torek/index.html
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