potential_passengers = ['bob','john','sue','wendy','chris','bob','jen','wendy'] accepted_passengers = set()
for name in potential_passengers: print('checking on {}...'.format(name)) if name not in accepted_passengers: accepted_passengers.add(name) print('welcome aboard, {}!'.format(name)) else: print('i am sorry, we have already accepted a {}.'.format(name)) print() HTH, Don -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list