Find matching words and not matching words in a list and a list

Question

I am beginner in learning Python and I have two lists

list1 = [\'product\',\'document\',\'light\',\'time\',\'run\']
list2 = [\'survival\',\'shop\',\'document\',\         


        

Answer 1

Try:

matching_words = []
notmatching_words = list(list2) # copying the list2
for i in list1:
    if i in list2:
        matching_words.append(i) # appending the match
        notmatching_words.remove(i) # removing the match
    else:
        notmatching_words.append(i) # appending the un-matched

This gives:

>>> matching_words
['document', 'run']
>>> notmatching_words
['survival', 'shop', 'product', 'light', 'time']

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Or you can use the set matching:

matching_words = list (set(list1) & set(list2)) # finds elements existing in both the sets
notmatching_words = list(set(list1) ^ set(list2))