title: Python - Check if word matches list of words with IF statement
body: <p>I'm trying to check with an IF if a particular string matches a few words at the same time. Put in code, it would be like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if shippingDest == "Spain":
      shippingRegion = "Spain"
  if shippingDest == "Portugal":
      shippingRegion = "Portugal"
  if shippingDest == ["France", "Germany", "Luxembourg", "Belgium", "United Kingdom"]:
      shippingRegion = "Euro1"
  if shippingDest == ["Albania", "Andorra", "Austria", "Belarus", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Bulgaria", "Croatia", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Estonia", "Faroe Islands", "Finland", "Georgia", "Gibraltar", "Greece", "Hongary", "Iceland", "Ireland", "Italy", "Latvia", "Liechtenstein", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macedonia", "Malta", "Moldova", "Monaco", "Montenegro", "Netherlands", "Norway", "Poland", "Romania", "Russia", "San Marino", "Serbia", "Slovenia", "Svalbard and Jan Mayen", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Ukraine", "Vatican City State"]:
      shippingRegion = "Euro2"
  else:
      shippingRegion = "World"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When checking this with, for example, Germany as the country, shippingRegion would be Euro1. However, it takes it as World.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone point me in the right direction to see if a word matches any of a set of words with an IF?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,</p>