Finding characters in an array

Question

Is there a way in Python where if a letter matchs any letter in a word it carries on the code so

X=str(input("input a word"))
Word="hello"
If x= Word() 
    a=a+1

So if Is there a way to say if I put x as "h" or "e" it will do the section of code

Sorry I know this is vague and I'm really bad at Python.any help will be amazing

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '16 at 01:11

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Use in:

if x in Word:
    a = a + 1

answered Feb 23 '16 at 01:11

zondo

So does this say if x is found anywhere in word it will do the if statement ? – Python noob Feb 23 '16 at 01:14
Thankyou so much simple question but has helped a lot :D – Python noob Feb 23 '16 at 01:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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This is answered in this post

The method is called "in"

In your example:

the_string = raw_input('Enter text here')
if 'hello' in the_string:
    a = a + 1

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

Community

answered Feb 23 '16 at 01:18

Neil P

So what does raw_input mean aswell I keep seeing this around – Python noob Feb 23 '16 at 01:44
raw_input just prompts the user for text at the console. – Neil P Feb 23 '16 at 07:50

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