python - Check if string contains any list element

Question

So I am doing a for loop of a list. Every single string, I want to .find, but instead of .find one item for a string, I want to check that string for anything in my list.

For example.

checkfor = ['this','that','or the other'] 

then do

string.find(checkfor) or something, so I'd like to do this:

if email.find(anything in my checkforlist) == -1:
    do action

Answer 1

I want to check that string for anything in my list

Python has in for that.

for s in checkfor:
    if s in email:
        # do action