Paul Melis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Ah, thx. Thought the "x in d" syntax might search in d.values() too.
>
> I don't think it does
>
> Python 2.4.3 (#1, Nov 19 2006, 13:16:36)
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>>>> d={1:'a',2:'b'}
>>>> 1 in d
> True
>>>> 'a' in d
> False
>
It is easy enough to to check if you remember that 'in' maps to the
__contains__ method:
>>> help({}.__contains__)
Help on built-in function __contains__:
__contains__(...)
D.__contains__(k) -> True if D has a key k, else False
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