list search

[sovixi]

Hi I want the program to search a list for a word and notifiy me if the word exist in the list or no. How can I do it?

if i use fallowing code:

finallist1.index('high')

it only returns an index number when word exist in the list and it generates an error if the word is not in the list.

I want the program to just tell me if the word is or isn't in the list.


Thanks!!!

[sovixi]

I think I've got the answer:

check = 'I' in finallist1

[ghostdog74]

Hi I want the program to search a list for a word and notifiy me if the word exist in the list or no. How can I do it?

if i use fallowing code:

finallist1.index('high')

it only returns an index number when word exist in the list and it generates an error if the word is not in the list.

I want the program to just tell me if the word is or isn't in the list.


Thanks!!!

the usual way, is to use "in"
eg

if "word" in list:
   "blah blah"
 

if you want to use index, you can use a try, except block