Re: Search String for Word
Thank you thank you!
Tim Williams wrote:
> On 26 Jun 2006 08:24:54 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > And what if I want to search for an item in a tuple, is there a
> > similarly easy method?
> >
> > Tim Chase wrote:
> > > > What's the best way to search a string for a particular word and get a
> > > > booleen value indicating whether it exists in the string or not?
> > >
> > > >>> substring = 'foo'
> > > >>> targetstring = 'blah foo bar'
> > > >>> substring in targetstring
> > > True
> > > >>> if substring in targetstring: print 'yup'
> > > yup
>
> >>> t = ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e')
> >>> a = 'a'
> >>> a in t
> True
> >>> y = 'y'
> >>> y in t
> False
>
> >>> t = ('test', 'black', 'white')
> >>> a = 'a'
> >>> [i for i in t if a in i]
> ['black']
> >>>
>
> HTH :)
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Re: Search String for Word
On 26 Jun 2006 08:24:54 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And what if I want to search for an item in a tuple, is there a
> similarly easy method?
>
> Tim Chase wrote:
> > > What's the best way to search a string for a particular word and get a
> > > booleen value indicating whether it exists in the string or not?
> >
> > >>> substring = 'foo'
> > >>> targetstring = 'blah foo bar'
> > >>> substring in targetstring
> > True
> > >>> if substring in targetstring: print 'yup'
> > yup
>>> t = ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e')
>>> a = 'a'
>>> a in t
True
>>> y = 'y'
>>> y in t
False
>>> t = ('test', 'black', 'white')
>>> a = 'a'
>>> [i for i in t if a in i]
['black']
>>>
HTH :)
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Re: Search String for Word
And what if I want to search for an item in a tuple, is there a similarly easy method? Tim Chase wrote: > > What's the best way to search a string for a particular word and get a > > booleen value indicating whether it exists in the string or not? > > >>> substring = 'foo' > >>> targetstring = 'blah foo bar' > >>> substring in targetstring > True > >>> if substring in targetstring: print 'yup' > yup > > http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq.html > > -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Search String for Word
I thought I'd seen that somewhere! Thanks Tim. I was previously using re.search(substring, targetstring). Tim Chase wrote: > > What's the best way to search a string for a particular word and get a > > booleen value indicating whether it exists in the string or not? > > >>> substring = 'foo' > >>> targetstring = 'blah foo bar' > >>> substring in targetstring > True > >>> if substring in targetstring: print 'yup' > yup > > http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq.html > > -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Search String for Word
> What's the best way to search a string for a particular word and get a > booleen value indicating whether it exists in the string or not? >>> substring = 'foo' >>> targetstring = 'blah foo bar' >>> substring in targetstring True >>> if substring in targetstring: print 'yup' yup http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq.html -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Search String for Word
What's the best way to search a string for a particular word and get a booleen value indicating whether it exists in the string or not? Thanks... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
