I have a lists:
my_list = [\'abc-123\', \'def-456\', \'ghi-789\', \'abc-456\', \'def-111\', \'qwe-111\'] bad = [\'abc\', \'def\']
and want
some_list=['abc-123', 'def-456', 'ghi-789', 'abc-456'] bad = ['abc', 'def'] for i in range (0,len(bad)): if bad[i] in some_list: print('Found a bad entry:', bad[i])