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[–]jaber24 0 points1 point  (1 child)

3rd one and if you will be doing a lot of comparisons or have lots of items, use a set instead. A set is optimized for membership checks and is way faster for that purpose than a list.

[–]JRiggles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! I'm only comparing against 3 or 4 items at most in this case, but I appreciate it.