pandas.Index.contains

Index.contains(key) [source]

Return a boolean indicating whether the provided key is in the index.

Parameters:	key : label The key to check if it is present in the index.
Returns:	bool Whether the key search is in the index.

See also

Index.isin

Returns an ndarray of boolean dtype indicating whether the list-like key is in the index.

Examples

>>> idx = pd.Index([1, 2, 3, 4])
>>> idx
Int64Index([1, 2, 3, 4], dtype='int64')

>>> idx.contains(2)
True
>>> idx.contains(6)
False

This is equivalent to:

>>> 2 in idx
True
>>> 6 in idx
False