Match two lists of letters in Python

Question

How can I match two lists of letters without considering the order of letters appearance in that lists in Python

Eg: Think my first list is [\'a\',\'b\',\'c\',

Answer 1

You could sort them:

In [1]: a = list('abcd')
In [2]: b = list('bcad')
In [3]: sorted(a) == sorted(b)
Out[3]: True

In [4]: a == b
Out[4]: False