Check if a Python list item contains a string inside another string

Question

I have a list:

my_list = [\'abc-123\', \'def-456\', \'ghi-789\', \'abc-456\']

and want to search for items that contain the string \'

Answer 1

def find_dog(new_ls):
    splt = new_ls.split()
    if 'dog' in splt:
        print("True")
    else:
        print('False')


find_dog("Is there a dog here?")