I have two lists in Python, like these:
temp1 = [\'One\', \'Two\', \'Three\', \'Four\']
temp2 = [\'One\', \'Two\']
I need to create a third
I am little too late in the game for this but you can do a comparison of performance of some of the above mentioned code with this, two of the fastest contenders are,
list(set(x).symmetric_difference(set(y)))
list(set(x) ^ set(y))
I apologize for the elementary level of coding.
import time
import random
from itertools import filterfalse
# 1 - performance (time taken)
# 2 - correctness (answer - 1,4,5,6)
# set performance
performance = 1
numberoftests = 7
def answer(x,y,z):
if z == 0:
start = time.clock()
lists = (str(list(set(x)-set(y))+list(set(y)-set(y))))
times = ("1 = " + str(time.clock() - start))
return (lists,times)
elif z == 1:
start = time.clock()
lists = (str(list(set(x).symmetric_difference(set(y)))))
times = ("2 = " + str(time.clock() - start))
return (lists,times)
elif z == 2:
start = time.clock()
lists = (str(list(set(x) ^ set(y))))
times = ("3 = " + str(time.clock() - start))
return (lists,times)
elif z == 3:
start = time.clock()
lists = (filterfalse(set(y).__contains__, x))
times = ("4 = " + str(time.clock() - start))
return (lists,times)
elif z == 4:
start = time.clock()
lists = (tuple(set(x) - set(y)))
times = ("5 = " + str(time.clock() - start))
return (lists,times)
elif z == 5:
start = time.clock()
lists = ([tt for tt in x if tt not in y])
times = ("6 = " + str(time.clock() - start))
return (lists,times)
else:
start = time.clock()
Xarray = [iDa for iDa in x if iDa not in y]
Yarray = [iDb for iDb in y if iDb not in x]
lists = (str(Xarray + Yarray))
times = ("7 = " + str(time.clock() - start))
return (lists,times)
n = numberoftests
if performance == 2:
a = [1,2,3,4,5]
b = [3,2,6]
for c in range(0,n):
d = answer(a,b,c)
print(d[0])
elif performance == 1:
for tests in range(0,10):
print("Test Number" + str(tests + 1))
a = random.sample(range(1, 900000), 9999)
b = random.sample(range(1, 900000), 9999)
for c in range(0,n):
#if c not in (1,4,5,6):
d = answer(a,b,c)
print(d[1])