Python - match a word in a string with a list of strings

Question

I\'m new to python and I was wondering how string comparison is done

Let\'s say I have a list of strings containing state names like

states = [\"New York         


        

Answer 1

states = ["New York", "California", "Nebraska", "Idaho"]
postal_addr = "1234 1st E St San Jose California 95112"

result = None
for state in states:
    if state in postal_addr:
        result = state

print(result)

Unfortunately, this will also match words that contain a state name such as Idahoba.