On 09/05/10 16:47, Baba wrote:
> level: beginner
>
> how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
>
> i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
> file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's assume
> the TXT file is stored in the same directory as the PY file.
>
> def is_valid_word(word, word_list)
>
>
> thanks
> Baba
f = open('text.txt')
data = f.read()
# You may want to convert it to a list
data = data.split()
# Returns true if word is in data, false otherwise
word in data
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