Index() and in under the hood

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The in operator and the index() method work similarly. However, there are some differences. What are these differences?

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While index() can work with sets, in can't

In returns True, while index() returns a position

While in works with lists and strings in

O(1)

time complexity, index() cannot do it

Index() returns ValueError if the element is not found, while in returns False

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