CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
Jacob
Jacob

Reputation: 173

Why does the any() method not return what I think it should?

I'm trying to set up a bot that deletes messages if they include a specific string from a list anywhere in their body.

This code works exactly how I think it should: (returns True)

s = 'test upvote test'
upvote_strings = ['upvote', 'up vote', 'doot']
print(any(x in s for x in upvote_strings))

But this does not: (returns False)

s = 'your upvotе bot thing works fine lmao'
upvote_strings = ['upvote', 'up vote', 'doot']
print(any(x in s for x in upvote_strings))

Upvotes: 4

Views: 66

Answers (1)

wim
wim

Reputation: 362945

One of those e is not ASCII:

>>> import unicodedata
>>> unicodedata.name(s[10])
'CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IE'
>>> unicodedata.name(upvote_strings[0][-1])
'LATIN SMALL LETTER E'

unidecode can help:

>>> e1 = s[10] 
>>> e2 = upvote_strings[0][-1] 
>>> e1 == e2 
False
>>> from unidecode import unidecode
>>> unidecode(e1) == "e" == unidecode(e2)
True

Upvotes: 6

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