# Spell checker, Version 1.1
# Input: Dictionary of six-letter words and a string entered by the user
# Process: determine if the user's string is a word in the dictionary
# Output: Indicate YES or NO


#infile = open("wordsShort.txt")
#wlist = infile.read().split('\n')[:-1]  #[:-1] everything but
                                                        # the last in the list
infile = open("wordsShort.txt")
wlist=[]
word = infile.readline()
while word:
	wlist.append(word[0:len(word)-1])  # strip off the last character, end of line '\n'
	word=infile.readline()

infile.close()

print 'Wlist = %s' % wlist

str = raw_input('Enter a string: ')

#flag = False
#for w in wlist:
#    if w == str:
#        flag = True
#        break

found = False
i = 0
while i < len(wlist) and not found:
	if str == wlist[i]:
		found=True
	else:
		i=i+1
if found:
    print "Yes, %s is a word in the list at position %d" % (str,i)
else:
    print "No, %s is not a word in the list." % (str)


# Notes
# -----
# This version uses a boolean variable and a for loop to determine list
# membership.  The Python for-loop is like Java's iterator for-loop and
# there is no traditional C-style for-loop in Python