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  Re: problem with function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-03-21 16:04 -0600

#41671 — Re: problem with function

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On Mar 21, 2013 1:35 PM, "leonardo selmi" <l.selmi@icloud.com> wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> i wrote the following code:
>
> def find(word, letter):
>     index = 0
>     while index < len(word):
>         if word[index] == letter:
>             return index
>         index = index + 1
>     return -1
>

More efficient:

def find(word, letter):
    return word.find(letter)

Or even:

find = str.find

Cheers,
Ian

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