How to use a regexp here

[Ned Batchelder]

On 12/4/17 4:36 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> I have a script that was running perfectly for some time. It uses:
>      array = [elem for elem in output if 'CPU_TEMP' in elem]
>
> But because output has changed, I have to check for CPU_TEMP at the
> beginning of the line. What would be the best way to implement this?
>

No need for a regex just yet:

     array = [elem for elem in output if elem.startswith('CPU_TEMP')]

(btw, note that the result of this expression is a list, not an array, 
for future Googling.)

--Ned.