On 2008-03-21 05:16:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > alist = [] > blist = [ 'one','two','one and two','one and four','five','one two'] > for f in blist: > if 'one' and 'two' in f: > alist.append(f) > > for i in alist: > print i > > two > one and two > one two > > > why is it printing the first "two"?
Look at the this line: if 'one' and 'two' in f: You're basically saying: if ('one') and ('two' in f): which is why you only get elements that contain 'two'. Ricky
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