[Tutor] searching in files

[Alan Gauld]

> I am writing a programme which includes searching some words in a
txt file...
> How can I do this?Is there a module in python which can do that?

You can search for strings using the builtin string mehods, so if you
read() the file into a huge string its easy.

If you specifically want to search for *words* then you might want
to use the re module to search for regular expressions. More powerful,
slower for simple searches but faster for complex ones
- like limiting to whole words...

HTH,

Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web tutor
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