Does Python have a string ‘contains’ substring method?

I’m looking for a string.contains or string.indexof method in Python. I want to do: if not somestring.contains("blah"): continue Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve the issue immediately. So please treat them as advisements. If you found the post helpful (or … Read more

Find string between two substrings

How do I find a string between two substrings (‘123STRINGabc’ -> ‘STRING’)? My current method is like this: >>> start = 'asdf=5;' >>> end = '123jasd' >>> s = 'asdf=5;iwantthis123jasd' >>> print((s.split(start))[1].split(end)[0]) iwantthis However, this seems very inefficient and un-pythonic. What is a better way to do something like this? Forgot to mention: The string … Read more