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January 20, 2015 21:42
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Useful way to search a given string for any of a list of terms, in python.
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| def has_search_term(string_to_search): | |
| patterns = re.compile(r'(?:%s)' % '|'.join(list_of_terms)) | |
| return bool(patterns.search(string_to_search)) |
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