I have this function:
def check_csv(final_word):
with open("directory\\trap_words.csv", "r") as f:
reader = csv.reader(f)
for i in reader:
str(i)
if final_word in i:
return True
else:
return False
To check if the parameter final_word is in a csv file
But it does not return true even if the string is the same as one of the words in the csv file
This is the csv file:
Your function loops through each line in the CSV file. On the first iteration (the first line) it checks if final_word in i: and then either returns back to the function caller true or false and then exits
I think the miss here is understanding that a return is the end of the logic, even inside a loop. Once a function returns, it stops processing.
So your code never gets past the first line of the csv. A fix is to get rid of the else and unindent return False to be outside of the loop and rerun
def check_csv(final_word):
with open("directory\\trap_words.csv", "r") as f:
reader = csv.reader(f)
for i in reader:
str(i)
if final_word in i:
return True
#only return false if we didn't already return true
return False
i?return Falseout of the loop