Simplest way to locate a string in a column and get the value on the same row in another column

[John Gordon]

In <mailman.209.1461869020.32212.python-list at python.org> David Shi <davidgshi at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> What is the simplest way to locate a string in a column and get the value
> on the same row in another column ?

You haven't given enough context for us to be able to answer.

Are you talking about a spreadsheet, a database table, an HTML table,
or something else?

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