Dictionary vs if-elif?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <rg10ls89rd67ufpp48s2pr8j78q657kbdm at 4ax.com>,
Ralf Canis  <ralf at silicon.org> wrote:
>
>Don't know if this is really better but how about:
>
>bogusCodes = ( '1.', '31', '90', 'AZ' ...... )
>...
>if item in bogusCodes:
>  do something useful

That's a Bad Idea.  It's a linear search instead of a hash.
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