How to find the python list item that start with

Question

I have the list that contains some items like:

\"GFS01_06-13-2017 05-10-18-38.csv\"
\"Metadata_GFS01_06-13-2017 05-10-18-38.csv\"

How to fi

Answer 1

You have several options, but most obvious are:

Using list comprehension with a condition:

result = [i for i in some_list if i.startswith('GFS01_')]

Using filter (which returns iterator)

result = filter(lambda x: x.startswith('GFS01_'), some_list)