[Tutor] Searching through text with multiple answers

[Alex Kleider]

On 2019-11-17 08:42, samhar zghaier wrote:
> Hello
> I'm trying to make a search function through a small text file
> i created a function to split my text and put into a list
> 
>  my goal right now is to create a search function that shows tha the
> results of my search and confirms its existence in the text file. 
> however i
> do not know how to do it if a few of my elements share a name

Can you be more specific as to for what it is that you are searching?
Some examples would be most helpful.
Then you'd be in a better position to begin writing a function to 
accomplish same.


> def split_text():
>     file_name = "text.txt"
>     list_of_everything = []
> 
>     with open(file_name) as file:
>         for line in file:
>             list_of_everything.append(line.strip())



What follows might be another way of traversing your file:


def my_traverse(f_name):
   ret = []
   with open(f_name, 'r') as f_obj:
     for line in f_obj:
        function_yet_to_be_written(line, ret) #look for something in line 
and if found, append to ret
   return ret