python是否存在数组_使用python检查数组中是否存在值，如果不存在，则追加

我正在从txt文件抓取并添加到数组。我已经将for循环编写为1.从txt文件中获取一个条目，2.检查结果数组中是否存在该条目，如果不存在，则将其添加到结果数组中。3.将其添加到结果数组中。

data.txt看起来像这样：

0100002159900000000000 Sales Deval Patrick Seattle

0100003159900000000000 Sales Bernie Sanders Chicago

0100004159900000000000 Sales Joseph R. Biden Dallas

0100005159900000000000 Marketing Michael R. Bloomberg Boston

...etc.

结果数组应如下所示：

employees = [

{

"dept": "Sales",

"remote": False,

"management": [

{

"manager": "Smith",

"level": "county",

"people": [

{

"first_name": "Deval",

"middle_name": "",

"last_name": "Patrick",

"city": Seattle,

},

{

"first_name": "Bernie",

"middle_name": "",

"last_name": "Sanders",

"city": Chicago,

},

{

"first_name": "Joseph",

"middle_name": "R",

"last_name": "Biden",

"city": Dallas,

},

]

},

]

},

{

"dept": "Marketing",

"remote": True,

"management": [

{

"manager": "Jones",

"level": "county",

"people": [

{

"first_name": "Michael",

"middle_name": "R",

"last_name": "Bloomberg",

"city": Boston,

}

]

},

...etc.

]

}

]

我在if逻辑中苦苦挣扎，“如果它不在数组中，则添加它”。这是我现在所拥有的：

employees = []

with open('data.txt','r') as f:

for row in data:

# splits row by an instance of two or more characters of white space

# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48917121/split-on-more-than-one-space

row = re.split(r"\s{2,}", row)

empl_id = row[0]

empl_name = row[2]

empl_dept = row[1]

for item in employees:

current_dept = item['dept']

if empl_dept != current_dept:

# create/append dept object:

dept_obj = {

"dept": "Sales",

"remote": False,

"management": [

{

"manager": "Smith",

"level": "county",

"people": []

}

]

}

employees.append(dept_obj)

else: # if dept_object does exist

#add people object:

employees[current_dept]['management']['people'].append({

"empl_name": empl_name,

"empl_id": empl_id

})

我知道这种逻辑，可能某些语法是错误的。我当前的主要问题是，它正在为employees数组中的每个项目添加一个dept_obj，这显然会越来越大。我敢肯定，有一种更好的方法可以编写此代码，我只是不知道它是什么。任何帮助表示赞赏。