"Ryan Ginstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If there are specific spellings you want to allow, you could just
> create a list of them and see if your Suzy is in there:
>
> >>> possible_suzys = [ 'Susy', 'Susi', 'Susie' ]
> >>> my_strings = ['Bob', 'Sally', 'Susi', 'Dick', 'Jane' ]
> >>> for line in my_strings:
> ... if line in possible_suzys: print line
> ...
> Susi
If you wanted to do something later, rather than only during the scan
over the list, getting a list of suzies would probaby be more useful:
>>> possible_suzys = [ 'Susy', 'Susi', 'Susie' ]
>>> my_strings = ['Bob', 'Sally', 'Susi', 'Dick', 'Susy', 'Jane' ]
>>> found_suzys = [s for s in my_strings if s in possible_suzys]
>>> found_suzys
['Susi', 'Susy']
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