check if string in string python code example

Example 1: python string contains substring

fullstring = "StackAbuse"
substring = "tack"

if fullstring.find(substring) != -1:
    print "Found!"
else:
    print "Not found!"

Example 2: python str contains word

fullstring = "StackAbuse"
substring = "tack"

if substring in fullstring:
    print "Found!"
else:
    print "Not found!"

Example 3: python string contains

>>> str = "Messi is the best soccer player"
>>> "soccer" in str
True
>>> "football" in str
False

Example 4: how to check for a substring in python

def find_string(string,sub_string):
	return string.find(sub_string)
#.find() also accounts for multiple occurence of the substring in the given string

Example 5: python check if string in string

if "blah" not in somestring: 
    continue

Example 6: check string line python

def search_string_in_file(file_name, string_to_search):
    """Search for the given string in file and return lines containing that string,
    along with line numbers"""
    line_number = 0
    list_of_results = []
    # Open the file in read only mode
    with open(file_name, 'r') as read_obj:
        # Read all lines in the file one by one
        for line in read_obj:
            # For each line, check if line contains the string
            line_number += 1
            if string_to_search in line:
                # If yes, then add the line number & line as a tuple in the list
                list_of_results.append((line_number, line.rstrip()))
 
    # Return list of tuples containing line numbers and lines where string is found
    return list_of_results