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

You could use one of these:

>>> [e for e in test_list if e.startswith('three') or e.endswith('four')]
['threefour']
>>> any(e for e in test_list if e.startswith('three') or e.endswith('four'))
True