#undocumented examples from class


import string

str1 = "hello there class"
str2 = "here"

#begin option 1
if str2 in str1:
    print "String: ", str1, " contains String: ", str2
else:
    print "String: ", str1, " does not contain String: ", str2
#end option 1

#begin option 2
index = string.find(str1, str2)
if index != -1:
    print "String: ", str1, " contains String: ", str2, " starting at position ", index
else:
    print "String: ", str1, " does not contain String: ", str2
#end option 2

#begin option 3
x = 0
while x < (len(str1)-len(str2)+1):
    tocomp = str1[x:(x+len(str2))]
    print tocomp
    if str2 == tocomp:
        print "String ", str1, " contains String: ", str2, " starting at position ", x
    x += 1
#end option 3


#mystring = "CS is cool"
#print mystring
#mystring = mystring[:len(mystring)-1]
#print mystring

#print mystring[4:18]



#mystring = "the"
#length = len(mystring)
#target = "z"
#found = False #target not found in string

#index = 0
#while index < len(mystring):
#    if mystring[index] == target:
#        print "The string ", mystring, " contains the character ", target
#        found = True
#    index += 1

#if found == False: #if the character was not found
#    print "The character does not appear in the string"

#print "The length of the string ", mystring, " is ", length
#last = mystring[length-1]
#print "The last char is ", last