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Thu Sep 1 23:25:20 EDT 2005 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-September/336316.html

"Steve M" <sjmaster at gmail.com> writes:
> You can check for membership in a list at least these ways:

Two ways - idnex and the in keyword.

> my_list.find(candidate)
> -returns the index into my_list of the first occurrence of candidate.
> Returns -1 if candidate doesn't occur in my_list.

Lists don't have a find method. strings do. Why is a good question.

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is there a better way to check an array?