Python Coding Exercise- Element present in a list or not

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from IPython.core.display import display, HTML
display(HTML("<style>.container { width:103% !important;margin-left: -2%; }</style>"))

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l1=[1,2,3,4]
l1

Out[1]:

[1, 2, 3, 4]

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check_element=5

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pos=check_element in l1
pos

Out[15]:

False

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if pos:
    print("Element " + str(check_element) + " is present in the list")
else:
    print("Element " + str(check_element) + " is not present in the list")

Element 5 is not present in the list

Creating the function¶

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def check_element(L1,x):
    l1=[]
    l1=L1
    check_element = x
    pos=check_element in l1
    if pos:
        print("Element " + str(check_element) + " is present in the list")
    else:        
        print("Element " + str(check_element) + " is not present in the list")

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check_element([1,2,3],2)

Element 2 is present in the list

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check_element([1,2,3],4)

Element 4 is not present in the list