Check if a Python list item contains a string inside another string

Question

I have a list:

my_list = [\'abc-123\', \'def-456\', \'ghi-789\', \'abc-456\']

and want to search for items that contain the string \'

Answer 1

I did a search, which requires you to input a certain value, then it will look for a value from the list which contains your input:

my_list = ['abc-123',
        'def-456',
        'ghi-789',
        'abc-456'
        ]

imp = raw_input('Search item: ')

for items in my_list:
    val = items
    if any(imp in val for items in my_list):
        print(items)

Try searching for 'abc'.