list.index

[Erik Max Francis]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> the usual way to do this is:
> 
>     if self.pointmarker in self.selected_points:
>         colour = DEFAULT_SELECTED_POINT_COLOUR
> 
> you can also use "find", which does the same thing as "index" if
> successful, but returns -1 if the item is not found.
> 
>     if self.selected_points.find(self.pointmarker) >= 0:
>         colour = DEFAULT_SELECTED_POINT_COLOUR

Isn't that only for strings?

>>> help([].find)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'find'

In which case, the use of the `in' operator is more appropriate.

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