If it's a big list and you're checking multiple times, you're probably better off converting the list to a set, and using "in" on the set. Once you have your list converted to a set, you can update both quickly.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Maurice Shih <rockitout...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Dear python-list@python.org, > Thank you for taking the time to listen to my request. I'm a beginner > programmer and I se python 2.6. I am making a program that needs a command > that can check if a value is in a list. For example to check whether 5 is in > [2, 6, 5,]. Thank you for hearing my request. > Maurice Shih > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > >
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