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how to use one list to find a similar list in another list python
I want a way to make it so that I can use list B to find out if a copy of itself exists in list A.
listA = ['1', '1', '0', '1', '0', '1', 'down'] 2
['0', '0', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'up'] 2
['1', '0', '0', '1', '0', '1', 'up'] 1
['0', '0', '0', '1', '1', '0', 'up'] 2
['1', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', 'up'] 1
['0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', 'down'] 1
['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', 'down'] 1
['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'up'] 1
listB = ['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1']
list A also shows how many times that particular list has appeared
So, I want a way to first find the repeating list of list B in list A, and secondly to select the one with the most repetitions in the case that there are multiple versions of it.
1 answer
You could just iterate through the list of lists and compare each list with the list that you're looking for.
Once you've found a combination that matches you can add the combination to a dictionary of combinations if the combination isn't there.
If you find a combination that is already there you increment the occurrences of that combination.
When you've gotten all occurrences of all combinations you can grab that combination that has the highest occurrences.
I wrote some code that demonstrates how you might do this:
listA = [['1', '1', '0', '1', '0', '1', 'down'],
['0', '0', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'up'],
['1', '0', '0', '1', '0', '1', 'up'],
['0', '0', '0', '1', '1', '0', 'up'],
['1', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', 'up'],
['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'down'],
['0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', 'down'],
['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', 'down'],
['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'down'],
['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'up'],
['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'up'],
['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'up']
]
listB = ['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1']
highestOccurence=0
matchingCombinations={}
indexHighest=0
def findEqual(listB, combination):
found=False
for index, value in enumerate(listB):
if value==combination[index]:
found=True
continue
else:
found=False
break
return found
for index, combination in enumerate(listA):
if findEqual(listB, combination):
if str(combination) in matchingCombinations.keys():
matchingCombinations[str(combination)]+=1
else:
matchingCombinations[str(combination)]=1
if matchingCombinations[str(combination)]>highestOccurence:
indexHighest=index
highestOccurence=matchingCombinations[str(combination)]
print(matchingCombinations)
print(listA[indexHighest])
The code outputs
{"['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'down']": 2, "['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'up']": 3}
['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', 'up']
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