7.7. The in operator

The word in is a boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second:

print('a' in 'banana') print('seed' in 'banana')

11-9-2: True or False? The word in is a boolean operator.

• True
• Correct! in is a boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first is part of the second.
• False
• Incorrect! in is a boolean operator. Try again.

11-9-3: True or False? The following code returns True.

'i' in 'lime'

• True
• Correct! This returns True because there is a string 'i' within the string 'lime'.
• False
• Incorrect! There is an 'i' in lime, so this will return True. Try again.

11-9-4: True or false? The following code returns True.

'hat' in 'chatter'

• True
• Correct! This returns True because there is a string 'hat' within the string 'chatter'.
• False
• Incorrect! The string 'chatter' contains the substring 'hat'. Try again.

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