Multiple strings exist in another string : Python
Python any() Function
Python any() function accepts iterable (list, tuple, dictionary etc.) as an argument and return true if any of the element in iterable is true , else it returns false . If the iterable object is empty, the any() function will return False.any Vs all
- any will return True when at least one of the elements is Truthy.
- all will return True only when all the elements are Truthy.
Check if multiple strings exist in another string
In this case, we can use Python "any()" .
myList = ['one', 'six','ten']
str = "one two three four five"
if any(x in str for x in myList):
print ("Found a match")
else:
print ("Not a match")
Here the script return "Found a match", because at least one word exists in the list.
example 2:
myList = ['one', 'six','ten']
str = "one two three four five"
isMatch = [True for x in myList if x in str]
if True in isMatch:
print("some of the strings found in str")
else:
print("no strings found in str")
output
some of the strings found in str
How to check if string contains substring from list
If your list is too long, it is better to use Python Regular Expression .
import re
myList = ['six','ten','One']
str = "one two three four five"
if any(re.findall(''.join(myList), str, re.IGNORECASE)):
print("Found a match")
else:
print("Not Found a match")
Above example return "Found a match" because "one" is exist in the list.
Check If a String Contains Multiple Keywords
You can also find a solution for this by using iteration .
myList = ['six','ten','one']
str = "one two three four five"
match = False
for item in myList:
if item in str:
match = True
if match:
print("Found a match")
else:
print("No match found")
Above script return "Found a match" because "one" is exist in the myList.
All matches including duplicates in a string
If you want to get all the matches including duplicates from the list:

First word match in a string from list
If you want the first match with False as a default:
myList = ['one', 'six','ten']
str = "one two three four five"
firstWord = next((x for x in myList if x in str), "False")
print(firstWord)
Above example return "one" because the word "one" is the starting word and exists in the myList also.
How to extract the first and final words from a string?

Similarly to check if all the strings from the list are found, use "all" instead of "any" .

Above example return False because "six" is not in the string.
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