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# HOWTO : Python string search
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/howto-python-string-search/
- Published: 2020-05-24T07:27:26.000Z
- Updated: 2020-05-24T07:27:26.000Z
- Description: Quick self-note 🙂 different ways to search for content in a string in python Basic (and quickest) if ‘content’ in string: String.find (second quickest and doesn’t...
- Author: admin
- Tags: HOWTO, Programming, notes, python, search, string, tips, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

Quick self-note 🙂

different ways to search for content in a string in python

- Basic (and quickest)
  - `if 'content' in string:`
- String.find (second quickest and doesn’t need additional module)
  - `if string.find('content'):`
- re.match (uses regex engine, most powerful)
  - `import re`
  - `if re.search('content', string)`

Good discussion here : [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4901523/whats-a-faster-operation-re-match-search-or-str-find](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4901523/whats-a-faster-operation-re-match-search-or-str-find?ref=kudithipudi.org)