Answers for "apply regex to list python"

array search with regex python

import re

mylist = ["dog", "cat", "wildcat", "thundercat", "cow", "hooo"]
r = re.compile(".*cat")
newlist = list(filter(r.match, mylist)) # Read Note
print(newlist)

how to use regex in a list

# list filtering with regex
import re
l = ['...', 'ram', 'karan','..','......', '....']

pattern = re.compile("..+")
lst = [x for x in l if not re.match(pattern, x)]
print(lst)

# output 
['ram', 'karan']