Python: Find in list

Question

I am working on the below code:

item = someSortOfSelection()

if item in myList:

    doMySpecialFunction(item)

It will not work with all my items, as if they weren't recognized in the list 

Answer 1

The code that you have provided is absolutely fine and it should operate if the item equals one of the elements inside myList. Either you are trying to obtain a string that is not equal to one of the items or you are using a float value that suffers from inaccuracy. For more information, refer to the Python tutorial.