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This provides useful general functions for working with lists.
Functions:
asdict Make the list into a dictionary (for fast testing of membership).
items Get one of each item in a list.
count Count the number of times each item appears.
contents Calculate percentage each item appears in a list.
itemindex Make an index of the items in the list.
intersection Get the items in common between 2 lists.
difference Get the items in 1 list, but not the other.
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Functions
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asdict
contents
count
difference
intersection
itemindex
items
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asdict
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asdict ( l )
asdict(l) -> dictionary
Return a dictionary where the keys are the items in the list, with
arbitrary values. This is useful for quick testing of membership.
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contents
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contents ( items )
contents(items) -> dict of item:percentage
Summarize the contents of the list in terms of the percentages of each
item. For example, if an item appears 3 times in a list with 10 items,
it is in 0.3 of the list.
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count
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count ( items )
count(items) -> dict of counts of each item
Count the number of times each item appears in a list of data.
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difference
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difference ( l1, l2 )
difference(l1, l2) -> list of items in l1, but not l2
Return a list of the items in l1, but not l2. The list is in
arbitrary order.
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intersection
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intersection ( l1, l2 )
intersection(l1, l2) -> list of common items
Return a list of the items in both l1 and l2. The list is in
arbitrary order.
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itemindex
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itemindex ( l )
itemindex(l) -> dict of item : index of item
Make an index of the items in the list. The dictionary contains
the items in the list as the keys, and the index of the first
occurrence of the item as the value.
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items
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items ( l )
items(l) -> list of items
Generate a list of one of each item in l. The items are returned
in arbitrary order.
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