IN Operator defined
The IN operator is used in a WHERE or HAVING (as part of the GROUP BY ) to limit the selected rows to the items “IN” a list.
Here is the current full student list to compare to the WHERE clause result set:
select studentID, FullName, sat_score, rcd_updated from student;
+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
| studentID | FullName | sat_score | rcd_updated |
+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
| 1 | Monique Davis | 400 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
| 2 | Teri Gutierrez | 800 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
| 3 | Spencer Pautier | 1000 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
| 4 | Louis Ramsey | 1200 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
| 5 | Alvin Greene | 1200 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
| 6 | Sophie Freeman | 1200 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
| 7 | Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd | 2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
| 8 | Donald D. Chamberlin | 2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
| 9 | Raymond F. Boyce | 2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Rows will be presented that have an SAT score in this list (1000, 2400):
select studentID, FullName, sat_score, rcd_updated
from student
where sat_score in (1000, 2400);
+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
| studentID | FullName | sat_score | rcd_updated |
+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
| 3 | Spencer Pautier | 1000 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
| 7 | Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd | 2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
| 8 | Donald D. Chamberlin | 2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
| 9 | Raymond F. Boyce | 2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)