Mr.SpOOn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> is there any way to search elements in a list using wildcards?
>
> I have a list of various elements and I need to search for elements
> starting with 'no', extract them and put in a new list.
> I was thinking about something like:
>
> mylist.index('no*')
>
> Of course this doesn't work.
I have exactly what you need :)
>>> import fnmatch
>>> fnmatch.filter(['baba', 'nono', 'papa', 'mama', 'nostradamus'], 'no*')
['nono', 'nostradamus']
>>>
HTH
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