How to use a regexp here

[Cecil Westerhof]

Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> writes:

> 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')]

Yes, that is it. I should have known that. :'-(

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