online.service.com at gmail.com wrote: > python doesn't have a list.contains() method? > How about the 'in' operator? In [1]: l1=['aa', 'bb', 'cc'] In [2]: 'aa' in l1 Out[2]: True In [3]: 'ab' in l1 Out[3]: False In [4]: 'cc' in l1 Out[4]: True Will this help? Esmail