dotsfile = open('dots.txt', 'r') wantedfile = open('wanted.txt', 'r') def commandStrip(sentence): for line in dotsfile: line=line.strip('\n') sentence = sentence.replace(line, "") return sentence def searchKeyWords(sentence): found = [] for line in wantedfile: line=line.strip('\n') if sentence.find(line) >= 0: found.append(line) if found: return found return 1 temp = commandStrip("Guten tag, ich want you to pick up big red triangle.") temp = searchKeyWords(temp) if temp!=1: print("I have found words: " + " ".join(temp)) dotsfile.close() wantedfile.close()