Exercise 08-05:
Rewrite the function of Program 8.1 to use the list search methods (seen in Chapter 7).
Answer:
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# File: chapter 08/exercise-08-05.py.py
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def search(list_to_search, value):
if value in list_to_search:
return list_to_search.index(value)
return None
L = [10, 20, 25, 30]
print(search(L, 25))
print(search(L, 27))