How do I find a word from my array, using the word boundaires, in a string?

Question

I'm using Python 3.9. I want to determine if a word from an array is in another string. I have

words = ['i', 'we', 'my', 'our', 'mine']

so this

title1 = "My mind"

should contain at least one word (the word "my"), but when I tried to write a regex it failed ...

>>> result = any(re.search(r'\b' + word + '\b',title1.lower()).group(0) for word in words)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <genexpr>
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

`'\b'` is a backspace char, you need `r'\b'` – Wiktor Stribiżew Jan 05 '21 at 23:17 — Wiktor Stribiżew, Jan 05 '21 at 23:17

abc · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-05T21:27:11.470

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You can use any to check if at least a word is part of the sentence.

>>> any(re.search(rf"\b{word}\b", title1, re.IGNORECASE) for word in words)
True

edited Jan 05 '21 at 21:27

answered Jan 05 '21 at 21:11

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How do I find a word from my array, using the word boundaires, in a string?

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