On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:11:55 +0200, Ulrich Eckhardt <eckha...@satorlaser.com> wrote: >find() returns the index where it is found or -1 if it is not found. Both an >index>0 or a -1 evaluate to True when used as conditional expression.
Thanks everyone. I shouldn't have assumed that "if test.find(item):" was necessarily enough to mean True. for item in isp: #GOOD if item in test: if test.find(item) > 0: print test -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list