Question

How to remove strings that start with specific character from a list of strings in Python

Answer 1

lst = ["python", "c++", "java", "php", "c#", "vb"] 
   
ch = 'p'
  
for s in lst[:]: 
    if s.startswith(ch): 
        lst.remove(s) 

print(lst) 
 
 
 
'''
run:
 
['c++', 'java', 'c#', 'vb']
 
'''

 

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Answer 2

lst = ["python", "c++", "java", "php", "c#", "vb"] 
   
ch = 'p'
  
lst = [s for s in lst if not s.startswith(ch)] 

print (lst) 
 
 
 
'''
run:
 
['c++', 'java', 'c#', 'vb']
 
'''

 

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