How do I return element from a list based on user input

October 26, 2022

I’m supposed to make a function with a list and a title as a string, and then return the item from
the list, based on the title.

def find_appointment(lst, title = ""):
    if title in lst:
        funn = lst.find(title)
        return funn
    else:
        print("No result")

appointments = ["Zoo: 11.03.22", "Shopping: 13.08.22", "Christmas: 24.12.22", "Funeral: 25.12.22"]
find_appointment(appointments, "Zoo")

I hoped to get "Zoo: 11.03.22", but instead got "No result"

The list here is just a random one I made up. In the actual list I won’t know the positions of
the items.

>Solution :

Here is my solution:

def find_appointment(lst, title = ""):
    for i in lst:
        if title in i:
            return index
        else:
            print("No result")

appointments = ["Zoo: 11.03.22", "Shopping: 13.08.22", "Christmas: 24.12.22", "Funeral: 25.12.22"]
print(find_appointment(appointments, "Zoo"))