python subtractt two lists code example

Example 1: how to subtract 2 lists in python

[item for item in x if item not in y]

Example 2: dict from two lists

>>> keys = ['a', 'b', 'c']
>>> values = [1, 2, 3]
>>> dictionary = dict(zip(keys, values))
>>> print(dictionary)
{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}

Example 3: get list of words that are in two lists using set

list1 = ['little','blue','widget']
list2 = ['there','is','a','little','blue','cup','on','the','table']

list3 = set(list1)&set(list2) # we don't need to list3 to actually be a list

list4 = sorted(list3, key = lambda k : list1.index(k))