Check if a character is present in string in Python

Python – Check if specified character is in string

To check if a specified character is present in given string in Python, use Python in keyword with If conditional statement.

Sample Code Snippet

The following is a simple code snippet to check if the character ch is in the string name.

if ch in name:
    #code

Example

In the following example, we take a character ch and a string name, and check if the character is present in the string.

name = 'apple'
ch = 'p'
if ch in name:
    print(ch, 'is present in', name)
else:
    print(ch, 'is not present in', name)

Output

p is present in apple

We can read the character and the string from user using input() function, and check if the character is present in the string or not.

name = input('Enter string : ')
ch = input('Enter character : ')
if ch in name:
    print(ch, 'is present in', name)
else:
    print(ch, 'is not present in', name)

Output#1

Enter string : apple
Enter character : e
e is present in apple

Output#2

Enter string : apple
Enter character : m
m is not present in apple

Summary

In this tutorial of Python Examples, we learned how to check if specific character is present in the string or not, using Python in keyword.