Check if space is in a string

Question

\' \' in word == True

I\'m writing a program that checks whether the string is a single word. Why doesn\'t this work and is there any better way to che

Answer 1

Write if " " in word: instead of if " " in word == True:.

Explanation:

• In Python, for example a < b < c is equivalent to (a < b) and (b < c).
• The same holds for any chain of comparison operators, which include in!
• Therefore ' ' in w == True is equivalent to (' ' in w) and (w == True) which is not what you want.