Checking if string starts with list element

[François Granger]

Simon Brunning <SBrunning at trisystems.co.uk> wrote:

> > #Untested
> > import re
> > first_word = re.match('.*\b', us, word)
> > if first_word in romans:
> >     # do stuff.
> >     pass
> > 
> Uh, interesting. Yes, I'm looking to match first words. I think that re is
> the way to go.

Simpler ???

#Untested
import string
first_word = string.split(us, none, 1)
if first_word in romans:
    # do stuff.
    pass


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