string theory and web woes

I'm collecting strings from web page sources and storing extracted data
in a TextField. If it is done again, it gets added into the TextField.

My code goes something like ...

If data not in textfield:
insert_data(data, textfield)

... but no matter how I wrinkle my brow and try harder and harder I
simply cannot get x in y == True when it most definitely appears true.

Therefore it must be a unicode problem. And unicode defeats me every time.

Can anyone suggest a recipe?

I hesitate to ask for unicode tutorial links because I have read them
all and always come away needing counselling.

I'm using Python 3.5, Python 2.7, Django 1.8.18 with the Admin and plain
TextField without any editor widgets.

Thanks heaps

Mike


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