[Tutor] Re: print out lines that start with a word

[Wolfram Kraus]

Liam Clarke wrote:
> print [w for w in j.split() if w[0] == '*' and w[-1] == '*'] 
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> Wouldn't that only work if it was bug *car* jeff?
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> I can imagine bug*car*jeff would throw it.
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> Cheers, 
> 
> Liam Clarke

x = 'bug*car*jeff*foo*bar'
[x.split('*')[a] for a in range(1,len(x.split('*')), 2)]

When you mix * and spaces I will give up ;-)!
Wolfram