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user2854008
user2854008

Reputation: 1221

python find if each element of a string list contains any of another string list

suppose I have two string list: 

a=['ab','ac','ad']
b=['abcd','baa','bacd','bbaa']

and I want to know if each element of list b has any of strings in a as its substring. The correct result should be: [True,False,True,False]. How do I code this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 65

Answers (2)

Mathias711
Mathias711

Reputation: 6658

Something like:

[any([i in j for i in a]) for j in b]

would do the trick.

Upvotes: 0

Kasravnd
Kasravnd

Reputation: 107287

You can use built-in function any within a list comprehension:

>>> [any(i in j for i in a) for j in b]
[True, False, True, False]

Upvotes: 1

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