Equivalent string.find method for a list of strings

[Joshua Ginsberg]

Try:

filter(lambda x: x.find(searchstring) != -1, lines)


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Joshua Ginsberg -- joshg at brainstorminternet.net
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On Apr 8, 2005, at 12:17 PM, jeremit0 wrote:

> I have read a text file using the command
>
> lines = myfile.readlines()
>
> and now I want to seach those lines for a particular string.  I was 
> hoping there was a way to "find" that string in a similar way as 
> searching simply a simple string.  I want to do something like
>
> lines.find.('my particular string')
>
> Is there a module that already exists that allows me to do this or 
> will I have to created my own method?
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
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