Converting a set into list

[Chris Torek]

>Chris Torek <nospam at torek.net> wrote:
>>     >>> x = [3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6]
>>     >>> list(set(x))
>> This might not be the best example since the result is sorted
>> "by accident", while other list(set(...)) results are not. 

In article <Xns9EE772D313153duncanbooth at 127.0.0.1>,
Duncan Booth  <duncan.booth at suttoncourtenay.org.uk> wrote:
>A minor change to your example makes it out of order even for integers:
>
>>>> x = [7, 8, 9, 1, 4, 1]
>>>> list(set(x))
>[8, 9, 1, 4, 7]
>
>or for that mattter:
>
>>>> list(set([3, 32, 4, 32, 5, 9, 2, 6]))
>[32, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9]

Yes, but then it is no longer "as easy as pi". :-)
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