Does 'not e in c' differ from 'e not in c' in Python? [duplicate]

Answer 1

They're identical. not has a lower precedence than in, so not x in y is parsed as not (x in y), which returns the opposite of in, which is what not in does.

Answer 2

They are exactly same, as both actually apply the not in comparision:

In [25]: def func():
    'e' not in 'bee'
   ....:     
   ....:     

In [27]: def func1():
    not 'e' in 'bee'
   ....:     
   ....:     
In [29]: dis.dis(func)
  2           0 LOAD_CONST               1 ('e')
              3 LOAD_CONST               2 ('bee')
              6 COMPARE_OP               7 (not in)
              9 POP_TOP             
             10 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             13 RETURN_VALUE        

In [30]: dis.dis(func1)
  2           0 LOAD_CONST               1 ('e')
              3 LOAD_CONST               2 ('bee')
              6 COMPARE_OP               7 (not in)
              9 POP_TOP             
             10 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             13 RETURN_VALUE