-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [1,2] in [1,2,3] checks to see if the list [1,2] is an item in [1,2,3]. Because the list [1,2,3] only contains the integers 1,2,3, the code returns a False. Try "[1,2] in [[1,2],[2,3]]"
David C. Ullrich wrote: > Luckily I tried it before saying no, that's > not how "in" works: > >>>> 'ab' in 'abc' > True >>>> [1,2] in [1,2,3] > False > > Is there a reason for the inconsistency? I would > have thought "in" would check for elements of a > sequence, regardless of what sort of sequence it was... > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkhyiwEACgkQLMI5fndAv9jbiwCeKMXrAclILJMPro5VuSRgdkvB cGkAn1igcjFWRQJSwEDOxpk3spzceZGa =iq8L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
