in operator for strings

[Moosebumps]

Wouldn't it be cool if you could do this?

('hello','test' ) in 'blah blah hello blah test':

and it would say if all elements of the list are in the string?

it would be more efficient and more readable than:

'hello' in 'blah blah hello blah test' and 'test' in 'blah blah hello blah
test'

[Heather Coppersmith]

Re: in operator for strings

On Tue, 25 May 2004 08:56:19 GMT,
"Moosebumps " <moosebumps@moo sebumps.mb> wrote:
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> Wouldn't it be cool if you could do this?
> ('hello','test' ) in 'blah blah hello blah test':[/color]
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> and it would say if all elements of the list are in the string?[/color]
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> it would be more efficient and more readable than:[/color]
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> 'hello' in 'blah blah hello blah test' and 'test' in 'blah blah hello blah
> test'[/color]

Untested:

def string_contains _any_of( targets, the_string ):
for target in targets:
if target in the_string:
return True
return False

string_contains _any_of( ('hello', 'test'), 'blah blah blah' )

HTH,
Heather

--
Heather Coppersmith
That's not right; that's not even wrong. -- Wolfgang Pauli

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: in operator for strings

"Moosebumps " wrote:
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> Wouldn't it be cool if you could do this?
>
> ('hello','test' ) in 'blah blah hello blah test':
>
> and it would say if all elements of the list are in the string?[/color]

well, if you're asking me, I'd say that what's really cool is that you
can do not only

findall(('hello ', 'test'), 'blah blah hello blah test')

but also

find_any(('hell o', 'test'), 'blah blah hello blah test')

find_in_order(( 'hello', 'test'), 'blah blah hello blah test')

find_in_any_cas e(('hello', 'test'), 'blah blah hello blah test')

starts_and_ends _with(('hello', 'test'), 'blah blah hello blah test')

find_only_on_fr idays(('hello', 'test'), 'blah blah hello blah test')

etc.

without having to change the language, or any of its implementations .

</F>

[Larry Bates]

Re: in operator for strings

This can be written as:

a=('hello','tes t')
b='blah blah hello blah test'
reduce(lambda x,y: x and b.count(y), a)

or as a fuction:

def contains_all(a, b):
return reduce(lambda x,y: x and b.count(y), a)


Then in main program

if contains_all(a, b):
...

Larry Bates
Syscon, Inc.

"Moosebumps " <moosebumps@moo sebumps.mb> wrote in message
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> Wouldn't it be cool if you could do this?
>
> ('hello','test' ) in 'blah blah hello blah test':
>
> and it would say if all elements of the list are in the string?
>
> it would be more efficient and more readable than:
>
> 'hello' in 'blah blah hello blah test' and 'test' in 'blah blah hello blah
> test'
>
>[/color]