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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _in(x, y):
 """Compute the vectorized membership of ``x in y`` if possible, otherwise use Python. """

    try:
        return x.isin(y)
    except AttributeError:
        if is_list_like(x):
            try:
                return y.isin(x)
            except AttributeError:
                pass
        return x in y