Extract all words that begin with x

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.84.1273630878.32709.python-list at python.org>,
Terry Reedy  <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>
>.startswith and .endswith are methods that wrap the special cases of 
>slice at an end and compare to one value. There are not necessary, and 
>save no keystrokes, but Guido obviously thought they added enough to 
>more than balance the slight expansion of the language. They were added 
>after I learned Python and I thought the tradeoff to be a toss-up, but I 
>will consider using the methods when writing didactic code meant to be 
>read by others.

They were also added after I learned Python, and I think they're great!
Using them signals that you're doing simple string checking rather than
some more arcane slicing.
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