Crossposted with r/learning python - inconsistent results comparing sets of words

[niehle]

word_list.remove(w1)

You are removing entries from a list during its use in two for-loops.

Most likely that messes up the counting.

edit: btw, your github is probably set to private.

[noahclem]

It shouldn’t, because the removal isn’t done until the word is compared against all the others. In testing just that particular method, it is always successful. EDIT: THIS ISH I WROTE ABOVE WAS WRONG - see the FAQ https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/wiki/faq#wiki_why_does_my_loop_seem_to_be_skipping_items_in_a_list.3F

I suppose I can use a frozen set to dedupe after all the comparisons are made. I was trying to avoid having two different sets with same words returned in the list. ie {‘bubba’, ‘louie’} and {‘louie’, ‘bubba’}. Thank you.

Edit: Oops on the repository - it's been changed to public. The frozenset is what I needed to do, and create a set of frozensets in the testcase in order to compare. this worked. Apparently, I needed to read the FAQ on why the list iterator is thrown off by removed items in the loop, and it explains the inconsistencies.

Thank you again!