Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement.

Mon Mar 14 20:33:07 EDT 2016

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:26 AM, <jj0gen0info at gmail.com> wrote:
> In Python is it possible to comparison-equate a variable to a List, Tupple, or Set and have it return True if the contents of the variable matches an element in the List, Tupple, or Set.
>> E.g.
>> x = "apple"
>> x-list = ["apple", "banana", "peach"]
>> If x == x-list:
> print('Comparison is True')
> else:
> print('Comparison is False')

Yep! What you're looking for is the "membership" operator. It's spelled "in":
>>> x = "apple"
>>> x_list = ["apple", "banana", "peach"]
>>>>>> if x in x_list:
... print("That is a fruit.")
... else:
... print("That is not a fruit.")
...
That is a fruit.
>>> x = "jump"
>>> if x in x_list:
... print("That is a fruit.")
... else:
... print("You must be Chell.")
...
You must be Chell.
ChrisA