testing two lists for equality

David Eppstein eppstein at ics.uci.edu
Fri Jun 20 11:23:12 EDT 2003


In article <mailman.1056115415.31859.python-list at python.org>,
 Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> wrote:

> Based on the search I just did for "lexicography" ("The art, process, or
> occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are
> applied in making dictionaries."), I'd say just about anything would be more
> correct than the current phrasing.

Oh come on.  The fourth hit I found on Google for lexicographic order 
was http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LexicographicOrder.html
which has a clear description of the ordering.  It is hardly an unknown 
or unfindable phrase.

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David Eppstein                      http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/
Univ. of California, Irvine, School of Information & Computer Science




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