[Python-ideas] a in x or in y

[Ben Finney]

Ram Rachum <ram.rachum at gmail.com> writes:

> I've often wished for this because the current way is quite verbose:
>
>     'whatever a long string' in x or 'whatever a long string' in y

No need to repeat the literal:

    >>> x = 'foo'
    >>> y = 'bar whatever a long string bar'
    >>> z = 'baz'
    >>> any('whatever a long string' in item for item in [x, y, z])
    True

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