List difference
Calculates the difference between two iterables, without filtering duplicate values.
- Create a
set
fromb
. - Use a list comprehension on
a
to only keep values not contained in the previously created set,_b
.
def difference(a, b): _b = set(b) return [item for item in a if item not in _b] difference([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 4]) # [3]