python check for string in string code example

Example 1: how to check if there is a word in a string in python

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

Example 2: 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 3: python check if string in string

if "blah" not in somestring: 
    continue

Example 4: python check if string

type('hello world') == str
# output: True

type(10) == str
# output: False