Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.018 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'importing': 0.04; 'indexing': 0.07; 'index': 0.13; '"user': 0.16; 'matching.': 0.16; 'subject:Index': 0.16; 'trying': 0.21; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'subject:list': 0.28; "i'm": 0.29; 'file': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'text': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'list': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'list.': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'hello,': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=bJLPEw+cVLxRdaZ58KVlwr9uP382JQlPMAa48kGqAdI=; b=IhvesJL1kk/HVAkzvurFQteq3szI6KVpUPHHpK1D7x1/AO+9GUoPkSw16UFkBXL/bG aAgpQ44jSOczwVAV1122zF0FtzU0TJdT4bBFsD9AkFalCNlLPM3usUXG0mxkyiVLPx6z 57hKKFyRRDCpV8Mg2X51Ws0TAomptaX81zDn+J1klMxoXQR/zvHLY6F8X0DcfKiRz5WR DfCQLNCbWv2kdOxTZcNAqUIc66xHYGlC6a2goaEH6UaTf8LKCfptIYWXAeAoe3HHlC6Q q3wBLQQkb0HVUL6eGfsjealarg9jPGSQCQbBqqD0DPjP+Dj5NojdjWgrXQjDSBbdP3tv 7tCA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:10:56 +0200 Subject: Index in a list From: Anatoli Hristov To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1350468659 news.xs4all.nl 6985 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37419 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31493 Hello, I'm trying to index a text in a list as I'm importing a log file and each line is a list. What I'm trying to do is find the right line which contains the text User : and take the username right after the text "User :", but the list.index("(User :") is indexing only if all the text matching. How can I have the right position of the line which contains the word ("(User :") Thanks Anatoli