On Oct 11, 5:40 pm, brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Oct 11, 5:22 pm, brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Crazy question, but has anyone attempted this or seen Python code that > >> does? For example, if a text file contained 'Guido' and or 'Robert' and > >> or 'Susan', then we should return True, otherwise return False. > > > Can't you just use the string function .findall() ? > > I mean *any* possible person's name... I don't *know* the names > beforehand :)
Well for something like that you could either do a search for .istitle() through the file with a for loop, but that will catch those after a full stop, or other random entries. Otherwise, you get a HUGE list of all possible names? In dictionary format for best option, and check the file against in using "in"... However...how can you know it is a name... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
