[Tutor] String searching

[André Dahlqvist]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find out if a certain word in a string is a hyperlink, in
other words if it starts with http:// or ftp://. I've come up with a
way that works, but I think there must be some less uglier way of doing
this. Here's the solution I use now:

for word in string.split(text):
	if "http://" == word[0:7] or "ftp://" == word[0:6]
		do stuff with word...

The test itself is what I think is ugly, and I would have prefered to
use something like:

if "http://" or "ftp://" in string.split(text):
	get the whole word that matched...

But I don't know how to get this whole match. I would be greatful for
any advice.
-- 

// André

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