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\$\begingroup\$ You can shave off a few characters if you append ;s=sorted to the first line and then replace the two instances of sorted with s in the second line. Should save... 3 characters? \$\endgroup\$

Alex Van Liew
– Alex Van Liew

2015-08-06 17:58:35 +00:00
Commented Aug 6, 2015 at 17:58
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\$\begingroup\$ Indeed. Python 3 also saves a bit of space, and is probably reasonable to use now, 5 years after this answer was posted. Also, the .strip() was redundant, given the specified inputs. \$\endgroup\$

Wooble
– Wooble

2015-08-10 12:55:52 +00:00
Commented Aug 10, 2015 at 12:55
\$\begingroup\$ Yeah, sorry. I didn't notice how old this question was when I commented, only that it was on the frontpage. ^^; \$\endgroup\$

Alex Van Liew
– Alex Van Liew

2015-08-10 22:39:57 +00:00
Commented Aug 10, 2015 at 22:39

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