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Suppose:

a = {3:['apple', 'pear'], 5:['grape', 'cherry']}

How can I do a membership test to see if 'cherry' is in the list that is a value for the key 5?

Thanks!

"cherry" in a[5]

for key in a.keys():
    if 'cherry' in a[key]:
        print('gotcha!')

Mark17