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How to find list intersection?

a = [1,2,3,4,5]

b = [1,3,5,6]

c = a and b

print c


actual output: [1,3,5,6] expected output: [1,3,5]

How can we achieve a boolean AND operation (list intersection) on two lists?
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vishaljlf39
If order is not important and you don't need to worry about duplicates then you can use set intersection:
>>> a = [1,2,3,4,5]

>>> b = [1,3,5,6]

>>> list(set(a) & set(b))

[1, 3, 5]

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