python - How to check if a string contains a string from a list?

Question

I want to check if a string the user inputted contains one of the strings in a list.

I know how to check if the string contains one string but I want to know how to check if a string contains either this string, or that string, or another string.

For example, if I am checking the user's input to see if it contains a vowel.. there can be 5 different choices when we're talking about vowels (a, e, i, o, or u). How can I check to see if the string the user inputted has one of those?

Answer 1

Using any:

>>> vowels = 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'

>>> s = 'cat'
>>> any(ch in vowels for ch in s)
True
>>> s = 'pyth-n'
>>> any(ch in vowels for ch in s)
False