Search a substring in a list of strings;Python | Finding strings with given substring in list;search a query in a list of strings;re;list comprehension;filter;lambda;re.search

searchy.py

# search a query in a list of strings


import re
my_list = ['Horrible donkey', 'irritable monkey', 'international idiot']

search_for = 'd'

# list comprehension

result = [item for item in my_list if search_for in item]

print(result)

# using filter

# The filter() method filters the given sequence with the help of a function that tests each element in the sequence to be true or not.

result = list(filter(lambda x: search_for in x, my_list))

print(result)


# using re


result = [item for item in my_list if re.search(search_for, item)]

print(result)

output

['Horrible donkey', 'international idiot']
['Horrible donkey', 'international idiot']
['Horrible donkey', 'international idiot']