[Tutor] this is ugly

[Gregor Lingl]

Gerhard schrieb:

> Dear list
>
> Can line 3 of the following be improved (especially since I might want 
> to search for even more strings within each line):
>
> myfile=open(r'F:\logs\myfile.txt', 'r')
> for line in myfile.readlines():
>   if line.find("KeC 923") != -1 or line.find("ZEF 156") != -1 or 
> line.find("pBX 88347") != -1 or line.find("FZX 17255") != -1:
>         #code if found
>
A quick suggestion:

    if -1 not in [line.find(x) for x in ["KeC 923","ZEF 156","pBX 
88347","FZX 17255"]]:
        # etc.

(untested, of course)
Gregor

>
> Thanks
> Gerhard
>
>
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