Compare to multiple values in an if statement [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use the in operator

if num in a : 

as in

def test(num): 
    a = [1, 2, 3]
    if num in a : 
        return True
    else : 
        return False

a work around would be (as suggested by Padraic)

 def test(num): 
        a = [1, 2, 3]
        return num in a

This would work because, The in operator compares if the LHS is present in the RHS and returns a boolean value respectively.

Also this is possible

test = lambda x:  num in [1, 2, 3]

That is all in a single line!