On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 8:45 AM, MrPink <tdsimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > I load the lottery drawings into memory for searching with the following code > although, it is incomplete. I am stuck and need some guidance. > > The set datatype seems to be the best for searching, but how best can I > implement it? > > And I want the results to highlight the numbers that were matched. For > example, if the white balls in the drawing are: > "42 15 06 05 29" > > AND the numbers on the lottery ticket are: > "06 15 32 42 56" > > THEN the display might look like: > "06* 15* 32 42* 56" > > WHERE * signifies a match. >
This suggests that there is an order to the numbers on your ticket (you want to print them out in the same order), but not to the winning numbers, which are simply a set. The easiest way to handle that would be to iterate over your numbers, asking "if number in winning_numbers:", and printing out a "match" marker if it is or a "non-match" marker if it isn't. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
