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200-901 Practice Question: A developer is writing a Python script that uses…
A developer is writing a Python script that uses the Cisco Meraki API to retrieve a list of networks for an organization. The API returns a JSON array. The developer wants to filter networks where the 'tags' field contains 'production'. Which code snippet correctly filters the results?
⚠ Common exam trap
Cisco often tests the distinction between list membership (`in` on a list) and substring matching (`in` on a string), leading candidates to overcomplicate the filter with `split()` or `any()` when the API already returns a list.
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filtered = [net for net in networks if 'production' in net['tags']]
The Meraki API returns the 'tags' field as a list of strings (e.g., ['production', 'critical']). The Python `in` operator directly checks membership in a list, so `'production' in net['tags']` efficiently filters networks where the exact string 'production' appears as an element in the list.
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filtered = [net for net in networks if 'production' in net['tags']]
Why this is correct
Correct: 'tags' is a list, and 'in' works for list membership.
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filtered = [net for net in networks if 'production' in str(net['tags'])]
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Converting to string may cause false positives.
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filtered = [net for net in networks if 'production' in net['tags'].split(',')]
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: 'tags' is already a list, not a comma-separated string.
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filtered = [net for net in networks if any('production' in t for t in net['tags'])]
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: This is unnecessarily complex; 'in' works directly on lists.
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