Re: Finding set difference between ranges

2018-04-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 8:34 PM, tejaswi prakash wrote: > I generate the values using range and then convert them to sets. > I am thinking about an approach which involves subtracting the ranges, or > something along those lines, nothing concrete yet. (Please don't top-post) I would recommend ke

Re: Finding set difference between ranges

2018-04-20 Thread tejaswi prakash
I generate the values using range and then convert them to sets. I am thinking about an approach which involves subtracting the ranges, or something along those lines, nothing concrete yet. On Wed 18 Apr, 2018, 8:43 PM Neil Cerutti, wrote: > On 2018-04-18, tejaswi prakash wrote: > > Hello all,

Re: Finding set difference between ranges

2018-04-18 Thread Neil Cerutti
On 2018-04-18, tejaswi prakash wrote: > Hello all, > I have 3 continuous (steps of 1) ranges a,a1,a2. All of them sorted. > I am performing the following operations on them > > a = a.difference (a1) > a = a.difference(a2) If they are each stored as a set I don't see how they can be sorted. Are yo

Finding set difference between ranges

2018-04-17 Thread tejaswi prakash
Hello all, I have 3 continuous (steps of 1) ranges a,a1,a2. All of them sorted. I am performing the following operations on them a = a.difference (a1) a = a.difference(a2) Now, this doesn't seem to make use of the fact that 1. They are sorted 2. They increase in steps of 1 . Could someone sugges