newbie: for loop within for loop question

[takayuki]

Hi everyone,

I'm studying python via the excellent "how to think like a python
programmer" book by Allen Downey. Noob question follows...

I have a txt file (animals.txt) which contains the following text each
on a separate line: aardvark, bat, cat, dog, elephant, fish, giraffe,
horse, inchworm, jackelope

I want to create a function that loops through the animals.txt file
and does *not* print the word if any of the user specified letters are
in that word.

def hasnolet(x):

[takayuki]

Dennis,

thanks for your reply. unfortunately i accidentally posted only half
of my question! the "real" post should be up now.

my apologies.

takayuki
On Jun 16, 10:15 am, Dennis Lee Bieber <[e-mail]:

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:18:54 -0700 (PDT), takayuki
<[e-mail] the following in comp.lang.python:

Hi everyone,

I'm studying python via the excellent "how to think like a python
programmer" book by Allen Downey. Noob question follows...

I have a txt file (animals.txt) which contains the following text each
on a separate line: aardvark, bat, cat, dog, elephant, fish, giraffe,
horse, inchworm, jackelope

I want to create a function that loops through the animals.txt file
and does *not* print the word if any of the user specified letters are
in that word.

def hasnolet(x):

Hope this wasn't a homework assignment... It gave me my first excuse
to try the set module...

>import sets
words = [ "aardvark", "bat", "cat", "dog", "elephant", "fish" ]
exclude = "want"
excludeset = sets.Set(exclude)
excludeset

Set(['a', 't', 'w', 'n'])>>for w in words:

... if not excludeset.intersection(w):
... print w
...
dog
fish

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[Calvin Spealman]

The sets module is no longer needed, as we have the built-in sets
type. Its even getting a literal syntax soon.

As for the original problem, I agree on the homework smell.

On Jun 15, 2008, at 9:31 PM, takayuki wrote:

Dennis,

thanks for your reply. unfortunately i accidentally posted only half
of my question! the "real" post should be up now.

my apologies.

takayuki
On Jun 16, 10:15 am, Dennis Lee Bieber <[e-mail]:

>On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:18:54 -0700 (PDT), takayuki
<[e-mail] the following in comp.lang.python:

>>Hi everyone,

>>I'm studying python via the excellent "how to think like a python
programmer" book by Allen Downey. Noob question follows...

>>I have a txt file (animals.txt) which contains the following text
each
on a separate line: aardvark, bat, cat, dog, elephant, fish,
giraffe,
horse, inchworm, jackelope

>>I want to create a function that loops through the animals.txt file
and does *not* print the word if any of the user specified
letters are
in that word.

>>def hasnolet(x):

Hope this wasn't a homework assignment... It gave me my
first excuse
to try the set module...

>>>>import sets
words = [ "aardvark", "bat", "cat", "dog", "elephant", "fish" ]
exclude = "want"
excludeset = sets.Set(exclude)
excludeset

Set(['a', 't', 'w', 'n'])>>for w in words:

... if not excludeset.intersection(w):
... print w
...
dog
fish

--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG
[e-mail] [e-mail]
HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
(Bestiaria Support Staff: web-
[e-mail])
HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/

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