Python keywords

Larry Bates larry.bates at websafe.com
Thu Apr 26 11:16:45 EDT 2007


gtb wrote:
> Have done some searching but have not found a place where I can look
> up python keywords. I was looking at a script that contained the
> following line:
> 
> assert self.getResponseCode() in (200, 304, 302)
> 
> I can infer the usage here but previously I had thought that "in" was
> only used with '"for". I looked thru 'the Python Reference Manual and
> found "in" is a keyword but in skimming thru I found it only with
> "for". The reference manual seems good but seems not to be setup for
> searching. Or maybe I just missed something.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> gtb
> 
http://docs.python.org/ref/keywords.html

in keyword is a general one and can be used for many objects.

x in 'xyz'

y in ['a','b','c','y','z'']

z in ('a','b','c','y','z']

key in {'key1':1, 'key2': 2}

The in you see with a for isn't associated with the for loop
but rather the sequence you are iterating over

for i in range(10):

-Larry



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