how to do re.compile() with a list in python

Question

I have a list of strings in which I want to filter for strings that contains keywords.

I want to do something like:

fruit = re.compile(\'apple\', \'         


        

Answer 1

You can create one regular expression, which will match, when any of the terms is found:

>>> s, t = "A kiwi, please.", "Strawberry anyone?"
>>> import re
>>> pattern = re.compile('apple|banana|peach|plum|pineapple|kiwi', re.IGNORECASE)
>>> pattern.search(s)
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x10046d4a8>
>>> pattern.search(t) # won't find anything