Filtering a list of strings against a list of compiled regular expressions, in Python.

gistfile1.py

import re
patterns = [re.compile('one'), re.compile('two'), re.compile('three')]
strings = ['one', 'fudge', 'two', 'twenty', 'three', 'something']

# To collect the matches
[s for s in strings if any(p.match(s) for p in patterns)]
#Output: ['one', 'two', 'three']

# To colelct the non-matches
[s for s in strings if not any(p.match(s) for p in patterns)]
#Output: ['fudge', 'twenty', 'something']