implementation of "in" that returns the object.

[Jorge Vargas]

Hi

I need to check if an object is in a list AND keep a reference to the
object I have done it this way but is there a better one?

>>> def inplusplus(value,listObj):
...     for i in listObj:
...             if i is value:
...                     return value
...     return False
...
>>> l = [1,2,3,4]
>>> print inplusplus(2,l)
2
>>> print inplusplus(9,l)
False
>>> print inplusplus(1,l)
1
>>> l.append(0)
>>> print inplusplus(0,l)
0