Отфильтровать из array только значения, входящие в одну из groups. Оптимизация кода

#!/usr/bin/env python
list_in = ['123149012', '123492479', '123470134', ... ]
groups = [ (123000000, 123499999), (567000000, 567800000), ... ]
 
def check_range(list_in, groups):
    result = []
    for var in list_in:
        for (p_min, p_max) in groups:
            if p_min <= long(var) <= p_max:
                result.append(var)
                break
    return result

import numpy as np
list_in = np.array(['123149012', '123492479', '123470134', ... ])
groups_min = np.array([ 123000000, 567000000,  ... ])
groups_max = np.array([ 123499999, 567800000), ... ])
 
idx_need = np.logical_and(groups_min <= list_in, list_in <= groups_max)
print list_in[idx_need]

#!/usr/bin/env python
list_in = ['123149012', '123492479', '123470134', ... ]
groups = [ (123, 123000000, 123499999), (567, 567000000, 567800000), ... ]
 
def check_range(list_in, groups):
    result = []
    for var in list_in:
        p = long(var)
        for (p_name, p_min, p_max) in groups:
            if p_min <= p <= p_max:
                result.append( (var, p_name) )
                break
    return result

def check_range(list_in, groups):
    for var in list_in:
        p = int(var)
        for p_name, p_min, p_max in groups:
            if p_min <= p <= p_max:
                yield var, p_name
                break
 
result = tuple(check_range(list_in, groups))

len(lhs) < len(rhs) or len(lhs) == len(rhs) and lhs < rhs