I am trying to make a program that can check if two or more sub strings are in 1 string using python, can you tell me how can i do this
str = "I like apple do you like apples?"
if 'apples' or 'like' in str:
print('yes, I like apples')
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Lokesh Thakur
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Possible duplicate of [Check if multiple strings exist in another string](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3389574/check-if-multiple-strings-exist-in-another-string) – Ignatius Jul 14 '19 at 03:46
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Did you try my answer? – Rob Kwasowski Jul 15 '19 at 15:05
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yes it worked thankyou frnd, sorry for responding late, – Lokesh Thakur Jul 20 '19 at 07:19
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The way to do this is:
if 'apples' in str or 'like' in str:
print('yes, I like apples')
The reason for this is that the or operator will divide an if statement into sections so with your original version:
if 'apples' or 'like' in str
you are essentially asking:
if 'apples'
or
if 'like' in str
and because if you have any if statement with simply a string that string will equate to true and so you are asking if true or if 'like' in str and because true is always true it will be true even if neither substring is in the string you are searching.
Rob Kwasowski
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