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Re: equaltity of lists

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  • Subject: [mg19058] Re: equaltity of lists
  • From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh at wolfram.com>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:34:49 -0400
  • Organization: "Wolfram Research, Inc."
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On 2 Aug 1999, Drago Ganic wrote:

> Hi !!
> 
> Why don't I get an answer (False) when I ask Mathematica
> 
>     {a,b}=={b,a}
> 
> like the one I get with
> 
>     {1,2}=={2,1}
>     False

In order to get False as a result in your first example, you must use a
stronger logical test function than Equal[].  You need to use SameQ[].

In[1]:= {a,b} === {b,a}

Out[1]= False

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P.J. Hinton
Mathematica Programming Group           paulh at wolfram.com
Wolfram Research, Inc.
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