comparing contents of two lists python

Asked Dec 08 '17 at 21:23

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I am trying to compare 2 lists to see if they fundamentally have the same contents (in whatever order). e.g.

x = [1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5]

y = [4, 3, 5, 1, 2, 2, 4]

How do I state that these 2 lists each have 1 1, 2 2s, 1 3, 2 4s and 1 5? (python version 3.6)

edited Dec 08 '17 at 21:26

hoefling

asked Dec 08 '17 at 21:23

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You can compare their sorted versions. `sorted(x) == sorted(y)` should work. – Cristian Lupascu Dec 08 '17 at 21:25
Have you tried anything? Why not compare sorted lists? – Oleh Rybalchenko Dec 08 '17 at 21:25

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