On 09/05/10 16:47, Baba wrote: > level: beginner > > how can i access the contents of a text file in Python? > > i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text > file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's assume > the TXT file is stored in the same directory as the PY file. > > def is_valid_word(word, word_list) > > > thanks > Baba
f = open('text.txt') data = f.read() # You may want to convert it to a list data = data.split() # Returns true if word is in data, false otherwise word in data -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list