How to write common elements in two lists in python list1 = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] list2 = [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 10 , 8 ] commom_elements = [] for elements in list1 : if elements in list2 : commom_elements . append ( elements ) print ( "The common elements are:" , commom_elements )