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\$\begingroup\$ If you are allowed to accept a list of strings instead, you can shorten this to lambda s:s==sorted(s,key=`s`.find) \$\endgroup\$

xsot
– xsot

2016-04-12 00:19:23 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2016 at 0:19
\$\begingroup\$ Ah, I tried taking a list, but I didn't think of using backticks... I'll ask the OP. \$\endgroup\$

Dennis
– Dennis

2016-04-12 00:22:09 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2016 at 0:22
\$\begingroup\$ Am I missing something - why can't you just use s.find? \$\endgroup\$

Stack Exchange Broke The Law
– Stack Exchange Broke The Law

2016-04-12 04:31:40 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2016 at 4:31
\$\begingroup\$ @immibis s has to be a list of singleton strings (or I'd have to cast s to list for the comparison), and list.find is not defined... \$\endgroup\$

Dennis
– Dennis

2016-04-12 04:33:30 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2016 at 4:33
\$\begingroup\$ @Dennis s.index then? Seems to work for me. \$\endgroup\$

Stack Exchange Broke The Law
– Stack Exchange Broke The Law

2016-04-12 04:37:17 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2016 at 4:37

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