Check if value already exists within list of dictionaries?

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Here’s one way to do it:

if not any(d['main_color'] == 'red' for d in a):
    # does not exist

The part in parentheses is a generator expression that returns True for each dictionary that has the key-value pair you are looking for, otherwise False.

If the key could also be missing the above code can give you a KeyError. You can fix this by using get and providing a default value. If you don’t provide a default value, None is returned.

if not any(d.get('main_color', default_value) == 'red' for d in a):
    # does not exist

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