[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was wondering if anyone knew of a built in Python function that will > check if an item is a member of a list, i.e., if item i is a member of > list l. > > I read of a function "in" but I can't seem to get that to work and > finding pages for "python in" does not reveal very many relevant > sources.
Yes, `in` is the relevant operator. It's quite simple to use: >>> a = [1, 4, 9, 16, 25] >>> 2 in a False >>> 4 in a True If you're having problems using it in some circumstance, you'll have to be specific. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis No man quite believes in any other man. -- H.L. Mencken -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list