Checking if string starts with list element

[Alex]

> I want to know whether my sting *starts with* one of the strings in my
> list.

The strings all seem to be words; can you get the first word in the
target string, and see if that is in the list?

#Untested
import re
first_word = re.match('.*\b', us, word)
if first_word in romans:
    # do stuff.
    pass

Alex.

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Cool, are you going to sue me, now? <wink>

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