Hi John, Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately it is returning the same result..
- Justin On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:59 PM, John <washa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not entirely sure, but I think it is as simple as: > > scanResults = open('scanResults.txt', 'r').readlines() > verifiedList = open('verifiedList.txt', 'r').readlines() > > Now both are lists. I assume each mac address is on it's own line? > > -john > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Justin Wendl <justin.we...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Bare with me, as I am new to Python and a beginner programmer. > > I am trying to compare two lists (not of the same length), and create a > new > > list of items that are -not- found in both lists. > > > > Scenario: I have a list of MAC addresses that are known and good, and am > > comparing it to a list of MACs found in a scan. I want to weed out the > > those which are unknown. I am using IDLE (Python 2.7) on Windows, and > all > > files are in the same directory. > > > > Code: > > > > scanResults = open('scanResults.txt', 'r') > > verifiedList = open('verifiedList.txt', 'r') > > badMacs = [] > > > > for mac in scanResults: > > if mac not in verifiedList: > > print mac > > badMacs.append(mac) > > else: > > break > > > > > > When I print 'badMacs', the results come up empty: > > [] > > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Regards, > > Justin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > > > > > > -- > Configuration > `````````````````````````` > Plone 2.5.3-final, > CMF-1.6.4, > Zope (Zope 2.9.7-final, python 2.4.4, linux2), > Python 2.6 > PIL 1.1.6 > Mailman 2.1.9 > Postfix 2.4.5 > Procmail v3.22 2001/09/10 > Basemap: 1.0 > Matplotlib: 1.0.0 >
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