def match_strings(str_in, match_list):
    """ Check if any of a list of strings is found in another string.

    str_in      input string.
    match_list  list of strings to find in str_in.

    returns     True if a match is found and False if no match is found.
    """
    for match in match_list:
        if match in str_in:
            return True
    return False