Matching word from two separate lists

Question

I have two lists that need to matched:

List 1: Apples, Bananas, Orange, Grapes

List 2: Bananas, Pears, Kiwi, Grapes

I would like to find the matching words, but I don't even know where to start. I thought creating dictionaries would be a good way. However, I can't split it since it is a list. It would be really helpful if someone pointed me in the right direction.

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Does this answer your question? [Common elements comparison between 2 lists](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2864842/common-elements-comparison-between-2-lists) — TheKingElessar, Nov 11 '20 at 22:46
"I can't split it since it is a list." What's the data type of your lists? — Variatus, Nov 12 '20 at 23:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 12 '20 at 01:49

Knowing how to compare strings and output the values from your lists are the main problems that you need to solve.
Using for loops could be a way to check each value of your lists, and then compare each index from list 1 to list 2.
When you are comparing the strings, you can use the == operator to see if the strings are made up of the same characters.

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hopefully that helps, and good luck with your program!

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 11 '20 at 23:07

Create two list
Iterate through the first list and compare every item in the first list to every item in the second list
If the items are the same, print them

list_one = ['Apples', 'Bananas', 'Orange', 'grapes']

list_two = ['Bananas', 'pears', 'Kiwi', 'grapes']

for fruit_one in list_one:
    for fruit_two in list_two:
        if fruit_one == fruit_two:
            print(fruit_one,fruit_two)

Matching word from two separate lists

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