On Thu, 03 Dec 2015 08:32:49 +0200, Jussi Piitulainen wrote: > def isbad(item): > return ( 'Banana' in item or > 'Car' in item ) > > def isgood(item) > return not isbad(item) badthings = [ 'Banana', 'Car', ........] def isgood(item) for thing in badthings: if thing in item: return False return True -- Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon at gmail.com