jelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> the subject pretty much says it all.
> if I check a string for for a substring, and this substring isn't found,
> should't the .find method return 0 rather than -1?
How would you treat the case of 'something' being at the beginning of
the string? After all, find returns the index.
> this breaks the
>
> if check.find('something'):
> do(somethingElse)
>
> idiom, which is a bit of a pity I think.
if 'something' in check:
do(somethingElse)
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