im trying to check if my string contains certain words what is wrong? PYTHON

Question

I'm using Python to try and check if a string contains certain words. It can contain all or some of the words.

listCall = ('Azura', 'Fly', 'yellow')
readME = 'the color is yellow'
if listCall in readME:
    print 'we found certain words'
else:
    print 'all good'

sorry messed up on putting the code – AzuraNetwork Mc Feb 08 '15 at 01:23 — AzuraNetwork Mc, Feb 08 '15 at 01:23
http://pastebin.com/K2CvQ4HQ – AzuraNetwork Mc Feb 08 '15 at 01:23 — AzuraNetwork Mc, Feb 08 '15 at 01:23
thats the link leading to the code – AzuraNetwork Mc Feb 08 '15 at 01:23 — AzuraNetwork Mc, Feb 08 '15 at 01:23

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '15 at 01:25

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You are testing if the *whole list listCall* is inreadME`. You need to test for individual words instead:

if any(word in readME for word in listCall):

This uses a generator expression and the any() function to efficiently test individual words in listCall against the readME string.

answered Feb 08 '15 at 01:25

Martijn Pieters

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Thank you! it helps me out more then you think seriously. – AzuraNetwork Mc Feb 08 '15 at 01:29

im trying to check if my string contains certain words what is wrong? PYTHON

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