string find mystery

[John Yeung]

On Sep 3, 1:45 am, Sean DiZazzo <half.ital... at gmail.com> wrote:
> string.find() returns the index at which the given word is found
> within the string.  If the string is not found it returns -1.  So, no
> matter what you do, string.find() will evaluate to "True"

It will evaluate as false if the substring is found at the beginning
(position 0).

> You could use it like this:  if file_str.find("Geometry") != -1:
>
> but you probably want to use: if "Geometry" in file_str:

This is good advice, however.

John