How do I check for an EXACT word in a string in python

Question

Basically I need to find a way to figure out a way to find the EXACT word in a string. All the information i have read online has only given me how to search for letters in

Answer 1

Below is a solution without using regular expressions. The program searches for exact word in this case 'CASINO' and prints the sentence.

    words_list = [ "The Learn Python Challenge Casino.", "They bought a car while at 
    the casino", "Casinoville" ]
    search_string = 'CASINO'
    def text_manipulation(words_list, search_string):
        search_result = []
        for sentence in words_list:
            words = sentence.replace('.', '').replace(',', '').split(' ')
            [search_result.append(sentence) for w in words if w.upper() == 
              search_string]
        print(search_result)

    text_manipulation(words_list, search_string)

This will print the results - ['The Learn Python Challenge Casino.', 'They bought a car while at the casino']