On 8/25/05, Frank Hoffsümmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I would like to check if a certain word exists in a given string. > since I learned to love lists, I used > > if myword in mystring: > > ...didnt work.
What version of python are you using? This was introduced in Python 2.3. ActivePython 2.4.1 Build 245 (ActiveState Corp.) based on Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:33:37) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> 'bar' in 'foobarbaz' True -- John. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor