Kevin Walzer wrote: > I'm having a problem with searching a list. Here's my code: > > mylist = ['x11', 'x11-wm', 'x11-system'] > > for line in mylist: > if 'x11' in line: > print line > > This results in the following output: > > x11 > x11-wm > x11-system > > I'm looking to return the list item that just has 'x11'.
Why do you want to have an item you already know? If you just wanted to check *if* the string "x11" is in the list, you'd use if "x11" in mylist: Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #221: The mainframe needs to rest. It's getting old, you know. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
