How to say if any object in a list is in another list return true in python

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For example I want the out put here to be true because 1 is in the second list

[1,2,3] in ['a', 'b', 'c', 1]

I want like if any object from the first list is in the second list then return true

sacuL · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-02T15:40:43.683

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You can use any (which outputs True if any element in a list is True) with a generator expression:

any(i in ['a', 'b', 'c', 1] for i in [1,2,3])

edited Jul 02 '18 at 15:40

answered Jul 02 '18 at 15:36

sacuL

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replace outer `[...]` with `(...)` in order not to create a needless intermediate list – DeepSpace Jul 02 '18 at 15:39
Good point, thanks! – sacuL Jul 02 '18 at 15:40

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