Python: Find the strings in a list, starting with a given prefix

Python Programming Puzzles: Exercise-13 with Solution

Write a Python program to find strings in a given list starting with a given prefix.

Input:
[( ca,('cat', 'car', 'fear', 'center'))]
Output:
['cat', 'car']

Input:
[(do,('cat', 'dog', 'shatter', 'donut', 'at', 'todo'))]
Output:
['dog', 'donut']

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Sample Solution:

Python Code:

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def test(strs, prefix):
     return [s for s in strs if s.startswith(prefix)]
strs =  ['cat', 'car', 'fear', 'center']
prefix = "ca"
print("Original strings:")
print(strs)
print("Starting prefix:", prefix)
print("Strings in the said list starting with a given prefix:")
print(test(strs, prefix))
strs =  ['cat', 'dog', 'shatter', 'donut', 'at', 'todo']
prefix = "do"
print("\nOriginal strings:")
print(strs)
print("Starting prefix:", prefix)
print("Strings in the said list starting with a given prefix:")
print(test(strs, prefix))

Sample Output:

Original strings:
['cat', 'car', 'fear', 'center']
Starting prefix: ca
Strings in the said list starting with a given prefix:
['cat', 'car']

Original strings:
['cat', 'dog', 'shatter', 'donut', 'at', 'todo']
Starting prefix: do
Strings in the said list starting with a given prefix:
['dog', 'donut']

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