Python list lookup with partial match

Question

For the following list:

test_list = [\'one\', \'two\',\'threefour\']

How would I find out if an item starts with \'three\' or ends with \'f

Answer 1

http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopython/regression_filter.html should help.

test_list = ['one', 'two','threefour']

def filtah(x):
  return x.startswith('three') or x.endswith('four')

newlist = filter(filtah, test_list)