I wrote a code to solve the last question of pyton for beginners but it doesn't work properly. Can you help me?

Question

text = input()
word = input()
def search(text,word):
if text.index(word ):
return"Word found"
else:
return"Word not found"

print(search(text, word))

Answer 1

Mohammad Gheisari

text.index(word) produces a number as a position where the word was discovered
whereas
if word in text searches to see if the word exist

https://code.sololearn.com/cc2vlh9738Bv/?ref=app

Answer 2

Mohammad Gheisari try

if word in text:

instead of

if text.index(word):

Also watch your indentations and spacing as it looks like

return"Word..

return "Word ..

Answer 3

Mohammad Gheisari the advice from BroFar is best. Here is a little more about why your original approach might not work. Beware that text.index(word) returns 0 if word is found at the beginning of text. But in Boolean expressions 0 means false, so 'if text.index(word):' fails.

When there is no match, then index() raises an exception and again fails. To avoid an exception you may use find(), which returns -1 if not found, or the index if found. Now the if statement might alternatively work like this:

if text.find(word)>=0:

Answer 4

Thanks a lot 🙏

Answer 5

Thanks Briant.

Answer 6

Thanks a lot.
Would you describe me what is different between "if word in text" and " if text.index(word)??
When I used first code, it work when the word was in the text but when it's not I doesn't work.