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Python for Basic Data Analysis: 1.12 Membership operators

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Membership operators

Membership operators 

We use membership operators to check whether a value or variable exists in a sequence (string, list, tuples, sets, dictionary) or not.

Operator Syntax Description Example
in x in y This returns  True  if x exists in sequence in y

x = "Hello, World!"
print("ello" in x)

not in x not in y This returns  True  if either x does not
exist in sequence in y
x = "Hello, World!"
print("hello" not in x)

Example
 

Exercises

Use the operators to solve for the following equations.

1. Is 200 in "200 years ago?"
2. Is "apples" in this list ["apple", "bananas", "cherries"]
3. "et" is not in "Let's go for a meal!" True or False?