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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT)
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On Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:19:33 UTC+1, Agon Hajdari wrote:
> On 10/09/2012 04:02 PM, loial wrote: > I am trying to match a string that=
 containing the "<" and ">" characters, using the string contains function,=
 but it never seems to find the lines containing the string > > e.g if myst=
ring.contains("<TAG>") : > > Do I need to escape the characters...and if so=
 how? > if '<TAG>' in yourstring: # your code -- Agon Hajdari

That worked...thanks