Borse, Ganesh wrote: > Hi, > > Am new to python. > May someone please help me know this? > > How can we check whether one big string contains another small string? > > E.g. > bigstring="python anaconda boa cobra" > smallone="boa" > Use the operator named in:
>>> bigstring="python anaconda boa cobra" >>> smallone="boa" >>> smallone in bigstring True Often used in if statements like this: >>> if smallone in bigstring: ... print 'contained' ... else: ... print 'not' ... contained Gary Herron > If 0 == contains(bigstring,smallone): > print "Yes, boa is snake.." > > Is there any function like "contains" or "exists" in python? > What are different alternatives we have? > > Please help. > > Thanks and Regards, > Ganesh > > ============================================================================== > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic > communications disclaimer: > > http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html > ============================================================================== > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list