You might want to try:
x in list
this will return true if, for example, list = [x,y,z,w], false if list = [y,y,y,y]
Bill
Dave S wrote:
OK simple query,
I have a list consisting of about 250 items, I need to know if a particular item is in the list. I know this is better suited to a dictionary but thats not the way it ended up ;-)
I could do a for loop to scan the list & compare each one, but I have a suspission that there is a better way ?
Any suggestions
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