in在python中的用法,在Python中使用'in'测试另一个子列表的一部分

Newbie here trying to search for part of one sublist within another sublist.

list_1 = [[1, 2, 9], [4, 5, 8]]

list_2 = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [1, 2, 5]]

for item in list_1:

for otherItem in list_2:

item[0:2] in otherItem[0:2]

I was hoping this would return

True

False

True

False

True

False

But instead I get false for every iteration.

In a nutshell:

list_1[0][0:2] == list_2[0][0:2] #this returns true

list_1[0][0:2] in list_2[0][0:2] #this returns false

I guess I don't understand how in works. Can anyone school me here?

解决方案

in looks to see if one sublist is an element (not sublist) of another list:

[1,2] in [[1,2],[3,4]]

would be True.

[1,2] in [1,2,3]

would be False as would:

[1,2] in [1,2]

However:

[1,2] == [1,2]

would be True. Depending on what you're actually trying to do, set objects might be useful.

a = [1,2]

b = [1,2,3]

c = [3,2,1]

d = [1,1,1]

e = set(a)

len(e.intersection(b)) == len(a) #True

len(e.intersection(c)) == len(a) #True -- Order of elements does not matter

len(e.intersection(d)) == len(a) #False