Extract all words that begin with x

[superpollo]

Jimbo ha scritto:
> Hello
> 
> I am trying to find if there is a string OR list function that will
> search a list of strings for all the strings that start with 'a' &
> return a new list containing all the strings that started with 'a'.
> 
> I have had a search of Python site & I could not find what I am
> looking for, does a function like this exist?

 >>> sw = lambda s: lambda t: t.startswith(s)
 >>> list = ["a string","another one","this is a string","and so is this 
one"]
 >>> filter(sw("a"),list)
['a string', 'another one', 'and so is this one']
 >>>

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