Python3 Search For Input In Txt File

Basically what I want to achieve is this. I have a text file with only the word test in it. When the script is run it pops up with an input and the user would write test. That inpu

Solution 1:

line.strip() is not in-place; it returns the stripped line. Try line = line.strip().

Unrelated advice: use a context manager to open / close the file:

withopen("rtf.txt") as file:
    for line in file:
       ...
# No need to call `file.close()`, it closes automatically here

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This works as expected for me:

find_name.py:

name = input("What's your name? ")
withopen("names.txt") as file:
    for line in file:
        if line.strip().startswith(name):
            print("Found name!")
            breakelse:
            print("Didn't find name!")

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names.txt:

foo
bar
baz

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$ python3 find_name.py
What's your name? bar
Didn't find name!
Found name!

Solution 2:

discordname = input("What's your discord name? ")
withopen('rtf.txt') as file:
    contents = file.readlines()
if discordname in contents:
    print("It exits")
else:
    print("Doesnot exits")

Just try this. it works. Or if you want to check on every word try read() instead of readlines()