How do I see if a value matches another value in a text file in Python?

Question

Here's what I have so far.

from itertools import permutations

original = str(input('What word would you like to unscramble?: '))

for bob in permutations(original):
    print(''.join(bob))



inputFile = open(dic.txt, 'r')
compare = inputFile.read()
inputFile.close()

Basically, what I'm trying to do is create a word unscrambler by having Python find all possible rearrangements of a string and then only print the rearrangements that are actual words, which can be found out by running each rearrangement through a dictionary file (in this case dic.txt) to see if there is a match. I am running Python 3.3, if that matters. What do I need to add in order to compare the rearrangements with the dictionary file?

Answer 1

You could store the permutations in a list, add the dictionary in another list and select those being in both lists…

For example this way:

from itertools import permutations

original = str(input('What word would you like to unscramble?: '))

perms = []
for bob in permutations(original):
    perms.append(''.join(bob))



inputFile = open(dic.txt, 'r')
dict_entries = inputFile.read().split('\n')
inputFile.close()

for word in [perm for perm in perms if perm in dict_entries]:
    print word

(Assuming the dictionary contains one word per line…)