iPython
In [1]: staff = {1: 'test1', 2: 'test2', 3: 'test3'}
In [2]: 2 in staff
Out[2]: True
In [3]: 4 in staff
Out[3]: False
In [4]: %timeit 4 in staff
57.8 ns ± 0.653 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000000 loops each)
Python
iPython
In [1]: staff = {1: 'test1', 2: 'test2', 3: 'test3'}
In [2]: 2 in staff
Out[2]: True
In [3]: 4 in staff
Out[3]: False
In [4]: %timeit 4 in staff
57.8 ns ± 0.653 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000000 loops each)