re.search

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    "import re "
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    "names=[\"Ajay\",\"V ijay\",\"Ra jay \", \" Jayesh\"]"
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      "<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(1, 4), match='jay'>\n",
      "<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(3, 6), match='jay'>\n",
      "<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(3, 6), match='jay'>\n",
      "None\n"
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   "source": [
    "for name in names:\n",
    "    print (re.search(r'(jay)',name))"
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    "Using re.search we got the positions of the string (jay)"
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      "True\n",
      "True\n",
      "True\n",
      "False\n"
     ]
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   ],
   "source": [
    "for name in names:\n",
    "    print (bool(re.search(r'(jay)',name)))"
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
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   "source": [
    "Using bool we got  whether the string (jay) was present or not"
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