Python check if value is in a list of dicts

Question

I have a list of dicts e.g.

[{\'name\':\'Bernard\',\'age\':7},{\'name\':\'George\',\'age\':4},{\'name\':\'Reginald\',\'age\':6}]

I\'d like to c

Answer 1

l = [{'name':'Bernard','age':7},{'name':'George','age':4},{'name':'Reginald','age':6}]
search_for = 'George'
print True in map(lambda person: True if person['name'].lower() == search_for.lower() else False, l )