How to search for a string in text files?

Question

I want to check if a string is in a text file. If it is, do X. If it\'s not, do Y. However, this code always returns True for some reason. Can anyone see what i

Answer 1

Here's another way to possibly answer your question using the find function which gives you a literal numerical value of where something truly is

open('file', 'r').read().find('')

in find write the word you want to find and 'file' stands for your file name