searching a list of lists as a two-dimensional array?

[bearophileHUGS at lycos.com]

James Stroud:
> import operator
> srch = [(i,j) for i in [-1,0,1] for j in [-1,0,1] if (i,j) != (0,0)]
> is_adj = reduce(operator.or_, [ary[row+i][col+j] for (i,j) in srch]])

Or maybe (untested), Python V.2.5:

srch = [(i,j) for i in [-1,0,1] for j in [-1,0,1] if (i,j) != (0,0)]
is_adj = any(ary[row+i][col+j] for (i,j) in srch)

Or:

is_adj = any(ary[row+i][col+j] for i in [-1,0,1] for j in [-1,0,1] if
(i,j) != (0,0))

Bye,
bearophile