["python","string"]
How to check a string for specific characters?

How can I check if a string has several specific characters in it using Python 2? For example, given the following string: The criminals stole $1,000,000 in jewels. How do I detect if it has dollar signs ($), commas (,), and numbers?
Assuming your string is s: '$' in s # found '$' not in s # not found # original answer given, but less Pythonic than the above... s.find('$')==-1 # not found s.find('$')!=-1 # found And so on for other characters. ... or pattern = re.compile(r'[\d\$,]') if pattern.findall(s): print('Found') else: print('Not found') ... or chars = set('0123456789$,') if any((c in chars) for c in s): print('Found') else: print('Not Found')