Question

How to count strings with specific substring in a list in Python

Answer 1

lst = ["Learn Python", "Python programming language", "C", "C++", "Python for web", "Java"]
 
subs = 'Py'
 
result = sum(subs in s for s in lst)
 
print(result)
 
 
 
'''
run:
 
3
 
'''

 

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Answer 2

lst = ["Learn Python", "Python programming language", "C", "C++", "Python for web", "Java"]
 
subs = 'Py'
 
result = sum(1 for s in lst if subs in s)
 
print(result)
 
 
 
'''
run:
 
3
 
'''

 

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