In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Farel wrote:

> Which is Faster in Python and Why?

``if not b in m`` looks at each element of `m` until it finds `b` in it
and stops then.  Assuming `b` is in `m`, otherwise all elements of `m` are
"touched".

``if m.count(b) > 0`` will always goes through all elements of `m` in the
`count()` method.

Ciao,
        Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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