Kenneth Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In other words, I consider these two dictionaries to be equivalent:
>
> { 'dog' : 'bone', 'cat' : 'fever', 'mouse' : 'mickey' }
> { 'mouse' : 'mickey', 'dog' : 'bone', 'cat' : 'fever' }
>
> while these two are not:
>
> { 'dog' : 'bone', 'cat' : 'fever', 'mouse' : 'mickey' }
> { 'dog' : 'bone', 'cat' : 'fever', 'mouse' : 'michael' }
>
> Any suggestions on how to compare these via some assert statement?
Dictionaries already know how to compare themselves to each other.
>>> {'dog': 'bone', 'cat': 'fever', 'mouse': 'mickey'} == {'mouse':
'mickey', 'dog': 'bone', 'cat': 'fever'}
True
>>> {'dog': 'bone', 'cat': 'fever', 'mouse': 'mickey'} == {'mouse':
'michael', 'dog': 'bone', 'cat': 'fever'}
False
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