"Emad Nawfal (عماد نوفل)" <emadnaw...@gmail.com> wrote
>> I want a function that acts like the startswith method, but can
>> take
>> multiple prefixes.
Above does a lot more work than necessary. Try:
def beginsWith(word, listname):
for prefix in listname:
if word.startswith(prefix):
return True
You could also make this a method of a subclass of string if you
prefer:
class MyString(str):
def beginswith(self, prefixes):
for prefix in prefixes:
if self.startswith(prefix):
return prefix
Now you can create instances of MyString that will have all
the regular vstring methiods plus the new beginswith():
s = MyString("Welcome to my world")
if s.beginswith(["Welcome", "Hello","Howdy"]):
print "It's friendly"
Which looks more consistent.
HTH,
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