Run If query multiple times in Python

Question

I have to run an if query multiple times. Now of course I could include the query several times in my code. Is this the clean way? Or should I write this differently?

Here my query

if 'xyc_begin' in content and 'xyc_end' in content:
    file.write('xyc available\n')
else:
    print('xyc not available\n')
    file.write('xyc not available\n')
    file.close()
    sys.exit()

Now I would have to check for abc and def (instead of xyc) and adjust the line in the file accordingly. How do you program this correctly or do you just do several queries?

Patrick Artner · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-06 07:48:29Z

1

Put it into a list:

content = "aaa xyc_begin xyc_end    def_begin def_end   bfasfsdnfl"

look_out_for = ["xyc","abc","def"]

with open("f.txt","w") as f:
    for what in look_out_for:
        if f"{what}_begin" in content and f"{what}_end" in content:
            f.write(f"{what} available\n")
        else:
            f.write(f"{what} NOT available\n") 

print(open("f.txt").read())

File content:

xyc available
abc NOT available
def available

edited Apr 6, 2020 at 7:48

answered Apr 6, 2020 at 7:35

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