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Mijawel
Mijawel

Reputation: 419

problem matching word in list read in from text file

When I execute the following code, for some reason I don't get a match on some of the words and I'm not sure why. Here is the copy of the text which is read in (it is 5 words each followed by a newline character as follows):

File:

cackle
cage 
cake
calibrate
call

Code:

verb_list = set()
with open ("/Users/docs/verbs") as f:
    for item in f:
        verb_list.add(item)
    print("verbs: " + str(len(verb_list)))
if ("call\n" in verb_list):
    print("true")
else:
    print("false")
if ("cage\n" in verb_list):
    print("true")
else:
    print("false")

Output:

verbs: 5
true
false

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 57

Answers (1)

Mohammad Atif
Mohammad Atif

Reputation: 216

Cage has an extra space after it. Also verb_list is not defined. Try using verbs.

Upvotes: 3

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