> I would like to check if a certain word exists in a given string. > since I learned to love lists, I used > > if myword in mystring: > > ...didnt work. I have now resorted to > Which version of Python? >>> 'boo' in 'mybigbooboo' True >>> Works for me in Python 2.4... Alan G. (Regular readers will note I now have 2.4 installed! :-)