Need advice performing a search

[Remco Gerlich]

Klaus Bruns wrote in comp.lang.python:
> mybe try this:import re
> 
> file = open("file","r")
> 
> alllines = file.readlines()
> pattern1 = re.compile("first_string") ## first_string as regualr
> expression
> pattern2 = re.compile("secound_string") ## secound_string as regular
> expression
> 
> result = []
> 
> for line in alllines:
>     if pattern1.search(line) or pattern2.search(line):
>         result.append(line)
> 
> print result ## result is maybe ['line1','line2','line3']

I think using regular expressions is overkill for simply searching a
substring. Use string.find(string, substring) instead?

file = open("file","r")
alllines = file.readlines()
file.close()

from string import find
def testline(line):
  return find(line, "first_string") or find(line, "second_string")

print filter(testline, alllines)

Is another way to do it.
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Remco Gerlich,  scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl
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