How can I compare two ordered lists in python

Question

If I have one long list  myList    0 2 1 0 2 1  that I split into two lists   a    0 2 1  b    0 2 1    how can I compare these two lists to see if they are both equal identical  with the constraint that they have to be in the same order   I have seen questions asking to compare two lists by sorting them  but in my specific case  I am not checking for a sorted comparison  but identical list comparison

User · Accepted Answer

Just use the classic    operator    gt  gt  gt   0 1 2      0 1 2  True  gt  gt  gt   0 1 2      0 2 1  False  gt  gt  gt   0 1      0 1 2  False   Lists are equal if elements at the same index are equal  Ordering is taken into account then

User · Answer

If you want to just check if they are identical or not  a    b should give you true   false with ordering taken into account   In case you want to compare elements  you can use numpy for comparison  c    numpy array a     numpy array b    Here  c will contain an array with 3 elements all of which are true  for your example   In the event elements of a and b don t match  then the corresponding elements in c will be false

User · Answer

The expression a    b should do the job

[python] How can I compare two ordered lists in python?

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