in operator for strings

[Larry Bates]

This can be written as:

a=('hello','test')
b='blah blah hello blah test'
reduce(lambda x,y: x and b.count(y), a)

or as a fuction:

def contains_all(a, b):
    return reduce(lambda x,y: x and b.count(y), a)


Then in main program

if contains_all(a,b):
    ...

Larry Bates
Syscon, Inc.

"Moosebumps" <moosebumps at moosebumps.mb> wrote in message
news:TSDsc.72714$pN7.62390 at newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...
> Wouldn't it be cool if you could do this?
>
> ('hello','test') in 'blah blah hello blah test':
>
> and it would say if all elements of the list are in the string?
>
> it would be more efficient and more readable than:
>
> 'hello' in 'blah blah hello blah test' and 'test' in 'blah blah hello blah
> test'
>
>