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Erlang: find word from list and return True

How can I make function to search for a word in list and return true if word in list.

Example :

find(string) ->
    List = ["bye", "hello", "hi"],
    case string in List of
        true ->
            true;
        _ ->
            false
    end.

find("hi there, how are you today?").

And the text is : "hi there, How are you today?"

it should return true cuz hi in list.

Solution 
  • 1> F = fun(String) -> List = ["bye", "hello", "hi"], lists:any(fun(S) -> lists:member(S, List) end, string:tokens(String, " ,.?!")) end.
#Fun<erl_eval.6.54118792>
2> F("hi, what did you tried so far?").
true