Python - How do I find partial string occurrence?

Question

I am search through a list of lists like this ...

srchList = [ ['Gloucestershire', 'Tewkesbury', '324225'], ['Gloucestershire', 'Tirley', '353925'], ['Gloucestershire', 'Westbury Court Garden', '354153'], ['Gloucestershire', 'Westonbirt', '354163'], ['Gloucestershire', 'Winchcombe', '354244'], ['Gloucestershire', 'Withington, '354270'], ['Gloucestershire', 'Woodchester Park (Nt)', '354288'], ['Gloucestershire', 'Wotton', '354320'], ['Greater London', 'Tennis Club Wimbledon', '324383'], ['Greater London', 'Arsenal F.C.', '350150'], ['Greater London', 'Barking', '324164'], ['Greater London', 'Barnet', '324151'], 
['Greater London', 'Beckton', '350286'], ['Greater London', 'Bexley', '350413'] ]

In order to select those in London, I have to enter "Greater London"

I have evaded problems with capitalisation with .upper() but how can I get a hit if I just enter a partial string, such as "london" or "Gloucester" ?

This is my current code ...

result = [region for region in srchList if region[0].upper() == search_item.upper()]
if result == []:
    print("Search item not found")
else:
    print(result)

Daniel H. · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-09T18:05:29.270

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Try this instead (it checks to see if what you search for is anywhere in any of the regions in the list using the in operator)

result = [region for region in srchList if search_item.upper() in region[0].upper()]
if result == []:
    print("Search item not found")
else:
    print(result)

edited Jul 09 '20 at 18:05

answered Jul 09 '20 at 17:05

Daniel H.

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Brilliant !!! That works well. – Dave Jul 09 '20 at 17:38
@Dave if it solves your problem please don't forget to accept it by hitting the check mark – Daniel H. Jul 09 '20 at 17:42

Python - How do I find partial string occurrence?

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