How to find whether two variable in list are nearer-CodePudding

array = ['3', 'pnwites', 'it', 'we', 'sy', 'nwjccoor,', '_', 'invoice', '°—', 'page:', '1', 'of', '1', 'nucor', 'steel', 'tuscaloosa,', 'inc.', 'please', 'make', 'checks', 'payable', 'and', 'mail', 'to:', 'invoice', 'date:', '12/29/2021', 'seenivoee]

variable =  ['invoice', 'date:']

Is there any solution to get True whether the words 'invoice' and 'date:' closest to each other

CodePudding user response：

If you want to find whether the two values in variables occur as sublist in array (I'm not entirely sure whether that's your question), you could do

pairs = [
    [array[i], array[i 1]]
    for i in range(len(array)-1)
]
is_contained_as_sublist = variable in pairs

In fact, you don't even have to build the list of pairs, but can use a generator expression:

is_contained_as_sublist = any(
    [array[i], array[i 1]] == variable
    for i in range(len(array)-1)
)