implementation of "in" that returns the object.

[Fredrik Lundh]

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:

>>>>> def inplusplus(value,listObj):
>> ...     for i in listObj:
>> ...             if i is value:
>> ...                     return value
>> ...     return False
>> ...
> 
> def my_in(value, sequence):
>     if value in sequence:
>         return value
>     else:
>         return False

however,

 >>> a = [1.0, 2, 3]

 >>> my_in(1, a)
1
 >>> my_in(2.0, a)
2.0
 >>> my_in(3L, a)
3L

so it all depends on what the OP means by "is in".

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