John Posner <jjpos...@snet.net> writes: > Q: Has anyone on the python-dev list ever proposed a "string"-module > function that does the job of the "in" operator? Maybe this: > > if test.contains(item) # would return a Boolean value
That's a string method, not a function in the string module. If you want a function, use operator.contains: >>> import operator >>> operator.contains('foo', 'o') True -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list