Question

How to compare two lists in python?

date = "Thu Sep 16 13:14:15 CDT 2010" 
sdate = "Thu Sep 16 14:14:15 CDT 2010" 
dateArr = [] dateArr = date.split() 
sdateArr = [] sdateArr = sdate.split() 

Now I want to compare these two lists. I guess split returns a list. We can do simple comparision in Java like dateArr[i] == sdateArr[i], but how can we do it in Python?

Answer 1

You could always do just:

a=[1,2,3]
b=['a','b']
c=[1,2,3,4]
d=[1,2,3]

a==b    #returns False
a==c    #returns False
a==d    #returns True