How to check whether a list have specific value exist or not?

[Heiko Wundram]

Am Samstag, 9. April 2005 11:37 schrieb Michael Spencer:
> praba kar wrote:
> > I want to check a list have specific
> > value or not. So If any one know regarding this
> > mail me
> A minute of two experimenting, would then lead you to:
>   >>> l = [1,2,3,4,5]
>   >>> l.index(3)
>
>   2

Or, if its that you just want to know whether a value is somewhere in an 
iterable:

>>> l = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>> 4 in l
True

See how there is special syntax to call the __contains__ method of the 
iterable automatically.

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