python check pattern in string [duplicate]

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Python - Check If Word Is In A String.

i have a string which is a url e.g.

my_url = "http://mysite.com/somefolder/somefile"

I want check if "somefolder" is in the my_url file

how do I do that?

Sven Marnach · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-07 13:02:38Z

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Are you looking for this?

if "/somefolder/" in my_url:
    #whatever

answered Jun 7, 2011 at 13:02

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Artsiom Rudzenka · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-07 13:03:38Z

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Use:

print 'somefolder' in my_url

OR

print my_url.index('somefolder')

answered Jun 7, 2011 at 13:03

Artsiom Rudzenka

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Warning: the second one raises a ValueError if it's not there.

And, print(my_url.find('somefolder') != -1)

Sure, thanx - i simply gave several variants, regex also can be used to find particular word(or pattern) in text