How can I compare two lists in python and return matches.

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Published on 2009-09-07T11:07:27Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 18:52 UTC
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I want to take two lists and find the values that appear in both.

a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
b = [9, 8, 7, 6, 5]

returnMatches(a, b)

would return [5], for instance.

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