[Python] empty string returns True upon checking if its contained in a non empty string -...

This code is meant to count all the words that have the expression "di" but with the text "imagina." final answer is 1.

texto = 'imagina.'
cl = 0
flag_di = False
answer = 0
previous = ''

for car in texto:
if car != ' ' and car != '.':
cl += 1


if car in 'iI' and previous in 'dD':
flag_di = True

previous = car

else:
if car == ' ' or car == '.':
if flag_di:
answer += 1

cl = 0
flag_di = False
previous = ''

print(answer)

Continue reading...