check for value if found before adding it to my drop down list?

Question

i have a drop down list that i add items to it,i ask the user to type in brand name and check first if that brand is already found on the drop down list if yes prints a message if no do some actions. here is the code:

def add_brand(self,x):
     self.elem=self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_txtBrand')
     self.elem.send_keys(x)
     self.txt=self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_ddlBrand')
     self.brands=self.txt.find_elements_by_tag_name('option')           
     for i in self.brands:
            if i.text==x:                
                print('already found')
                break
            else:                
                print('this item is new')                
                self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_hlSaveBrand').click()
                self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_txtBrand').clear()
                break

and here is the code to call that function:

no=input('enter how many brands u want to add')
store.add_brand_model_item()
for i in range (0,no):
    koko=raw_input('plz enter brand name')
    store.add_brand(koko)

Answer 1

I googled a lot but finally I found the solution. I know it's not the only solution, so if anyone has another point of view to solve this, please share as I mainly want to learn the Python language and testing.

 def add_brand(self,x):
    self.elem=self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_txtBrand')
    self.elem.send_keys(x)
    self.txt=self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_ddlBrand')
    brands=self.txt.find_elements_by_tag_name('option')
    items=[]
    for i in brands:            
        items.append(i.text)

    item=items.count(x)
    #print(item)
    #print(items)
    if item>=1:                    
        print('already found')
        self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_txtBrand').clear()
    else:                
        print('this item is new')                
        self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_hlSaveBrand').click()
        self.driver.find_element_by_id('MainContent_txtBrand').clear()

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