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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: Error in or
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:55:08 +0300
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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>:

> This is better written as:
>
>     if any(substr in inp1 for substr in 
>            ['AND', 'OR', 'NOT', '>', '&', 'MAYBE', '(', '*', ' " ']):
>         print 'FINE'

Or, equivalently:

   for substr in ['AND', 'OR', 'NOT', '>', '&', 'MAYBE', '(', '*', ' " ']:
       if substr in inp1:
           print('FINE')
           break


Marko