summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Doc/tutorial
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorRaymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>2022-01-10 02:02:06 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-01-10 02:02:06 (GMT)
commitd24cd49acb25c36db31893b84d0ca4fe2f373b94 (patch)
tree6c7c3cc788bc07394a65cf2f2cf08575505282a6 /Doc/tutorial
parent0b2b9d251374c5ed94265e28039f82b37d039e3e (diff)
downloadcpython-d24cd49acb25c36db31893b84d0ca4fe2f373b94.zip
cpython-d24cd49acb25c36db31893b84d0ca4fe2f373b94.tar.gz
cpython-d24cd49acb25c36db31893b84d0ca4fe2f373b94.tar.bz2
bpo-46270: Describe the `in` and `not in` operators as membership tests. (GH-30504)
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/tutorial')
-rw-r--r--Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
index e42b380..927a672 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
@@ -659,10 +659,12 @@ More on Conditions
The conditions used in ``while`` and ``if`` statements can contain any
operators, not just comparisons.
-The comparison operators ``in`` and ``not in`` check whether a value occurs
-(does not occur) in a sequence. The operators ``is`` and ``is not`` compare
-whether two objects are really the same object. All comparison operators have
-the same priority, which is lower than that of all numerical operators.
+
+The comparison operators ``in`` and ``not in`` are membership tests that
+determine whether a value is in (or not in) a container. The operators ``is``
+and ``is not`` compare whether two objects are really the same object. All
+comparison operators have the same priority, which is lower than that of all
+numerical operators.
Comparisons can be chained. For example, ``a < b == c`` tests whether ``a`` is
less than ``b`` and moreover ``b`` equals ``c``.