[Tutor] combining tuples in a list

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

> 
> Currently, I am carrying out this procedure in a seemingly very inefficient
> way by going through the list of tuples multiple times for each tuple I am
> building up. I'm sure there must be a better way.
> 
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
> 

The only thought coming to me (admittedly as I munch breakfast) is that if you
sort the list based on the last char of each tuple you can reduce the number of
elements you have to check.