Python multiple comparisons style?

Question

I am wondering if there is a way to do the following in a more compact style:

if (text == "Text1" or text=="Text2" or text=="Text3" or text=="Text4"):
    do_something()

The problem is i have more than just 4 comparisons in the if statement and it's starting to look rather long, ambiguous, and ugly. Any ideas?

Answer 1

How about this:

if text in ( 'Text1', 'Text2', 'Text3', 'Text4' ):
    do_something()

I've always found that simple and elegant.