Compare string with all values in array

Question

I am trying to fumble through python, and learn the best way to do things. I have a string where I am doing a compare with another string to see if there is a match:

Answer 1

I assume you mean list and not array? There is such a thing as an array in Python, but more often than not you want a list instead of an array.

The way to check if a list contains a value is to use in:

if paid[j] in d:
    # ...