k322

a=[6, 0, 3, 8, 2, 9, 1, 3, 5, 7]
def Line(alist, item):
    pos = 0
    found = False
    while pos < len(alist) and not found:
        if alist[pos] == item:
           found = pos
        else:
           pos = pos+1
    return found
print(Line(a, 8))