Sreeraj schrieb: > hi, > > I am a beginner in Python. I wish to know how can i filter a list of > strings using wild characters.ie > Lets say i have list countries = > ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"]. I need only the list > of string starting with 'a'.
While the startswith-method others pointed out works, I wanted to direct you attention to the module fnmatch. http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-fnmatch.html It will work with real wildcards. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
