Python: Check whether a specified value is contained in a group of values

Python Basic: Exercise-25 with Solution

Write a Python program to check whether a specified value is contained in a group of values.

Test Data:
3 -> [1, 5, 8, 3] : True
-1 -> [1, 5, 8, 3] : False

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Sample Solution-1:

Python Code:

def is_group_member(group_data, n):
   for value in group_data:
       if n == value:
           return True
   return False
print(is_group_member([1, 5, 8, 3], 3))
print(is_group_member([5, 8, 3], -1))

Sample Output:

True
False

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Sample Solution-2:

Python Code:

def is_group_member(group_data, n):
 return n in group_data
print(is_group_member([1, 5, 8, 3], 3))
print(is_group_member([5, 8, 3], -1))

Sample Output:

True
False

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