There are three methods in Python to check if a string contains another string.
findThe find method checks if the string contains a substring. If it does, the method returns the starting index of a substring within the string; otherwise it returns -1.
The general syntax is :
string.find(substring)
a_string="Python Programming"substring1="Programming"substring2="Language"print("Check if "+a_string+" contains "+substring1+":")print(a_string.find(substring1))print("Check if "+a_string+" contains "+substring2+":")print(a_string.find(substring2))
This function returns the starting index of the first matching instance so we can use this function for reversing or removing a unique word from a string.
in operatorThe in operator returns true if the substring exists in a string and false if otherwise.
The general syntax is:
substring in string
a_string="Python Programming"substring1="Programming"substring2="Language"print("Check if "+a_string+" contains "+substring1+":")print(substring1 in a_string)print("Check if "+a_string+" contains "+substring2+":")print(substring2 in a_string)
This function just returns the boolean value so it can be used where we don’t need the starting index or count of the substring. Usually, we use this function in conditional statements.
countThe count method returns the number of occurrences of a substring in the string. If the substring is not found in a string, the function returns 0.
The general syntax is :
string.count(substring)
a_string="Python Programming"substring1="Programming"substring2="Language"print("Check if "+a_string+" contains "+substring1+":")print(a_string.count(substring1))print("Check if "+a_string+" contains "+substring2+":")print(a_string.count(substring2))
This function returns the number of occurrences of a substring and it doesn’t return the starting index of each occurrence. Usually, it is used for word count.
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