How to iterate through a list and search for a value

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How to iterate through a list and search for a value - fad3r - Jan-23-2018

Hi everyone,
First time poster here. Been studying python about 2 weeks now.

I am trying to loop through a list to check if a certain value is in it. The value will be random but will always contain a * at the front.

Here is the code I am using to loop through:

for x in stringsplit:
    if x = \*:
    print (x)

I am getting this error from python: SyntaxError: invalid syntax
And pycharm tells me there is a : expected in the if statement even though it already has one.

I feel like in other languages I would use a contains function but this does not exist in python.

I have spent around 3-4 hours searching the web and I have come back with nothing.

Help appreciated.

RE: How to iterate through a list and search for a value - Larz60+ - Jan-23-2018

pos = your_string.index('\*')

RE: How to iterate through a list and search for a value - fad3r - Jan-23-2018

(Jan-23-2018, 01:49 AM)Larz60+ Wrote:
pos = your_string.index('\*')

I don't understand the answer.

Here is the code as it stands now

# Request user input to begin work
string = input("Please input the output of the command for processing: ")
stringsplit = string.split("\\n")

# Let's look for that stupid *
for x in stringsplit:
    if x == "*":
        print (x)

Here is the information I am feeding the input command: * coach\n jc_rrm6\nas mter\n names\n

Part of the error from post 1 looks like it was happening because I didnt have == I just had =. Warning messages wasn't really helpful.

I think this doenst work either because x is not equal to *, it is equal to * coach and that is why I was trying to find subsitute for contains. I basically need to search X for a small snippet of code.

I am guessing there are no inbuilt functions and I will have to use regular expressions maybe?

I solved it

for x in stringsplit:
    if "*" in x:
        print (x)