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python-3.x
Farhad M.
Farhad M.

Reputation: 151

Searching name in string from list of names in python

def get_name(string, list_names):
    """
    Inputs:
        string: a string to be analyzed
        list_names: a list of names among whom we are looking for
    """
    for name in list_names:
        begin_pattern = re.compile("^\name")
        if begin_pattern.search(string):
            return name

Hi I need search for names which I have in the string. My list is 

 list_names = ['LaMarcus Aldridge',
     'Damian Lillard',
     'Wesley Matthews',
     'Arron Afflalo',
     'Robin Lopez',
     'Nicolas Batum',
     'Chris Kaman']

function returns no error but also it returns no matches at all. get_name("Damian Lillard makes 18-foot jumper (Allen Crabbe assists)", list_names) it should return Damian Lillard. Can you help me. Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7821

Answers (3)

oystein-hr
oystein-hr

Reputation: 561

It is possible to use a simple if x in y, where it then checks if x exists in y. And if the string contains more than 1 of the names, you would need it to return a list of names. It is possible to use list comprehension like this:

def get_name(string, list_names):
    return [name for name in list_names if name in string]

Here is the same function without using list comprehension:

def get_name(string, list_names):
    results = []
    for name in list_names:
        if name in string:
            results.append(name)
    return results

Upvotes: 1

MathBio
MathBio

Reputation: 367

Edit: I'm adding code in the spirit of what you want; ignore my original code.

def get_name(string,list_names):
    for name in list_names:
        if string.startswith(name):
            print(name)


list_names = ['LaMarcus Aldridge',
 'Damian Lillard',
 'Wesley Matthews',
 'Arron Afflalo',
 'Robin Lopez',
 'Nicolas Batum',
 'Chris Kaman']

get_name("Damian Lillard makes 18-foot jumper (Allen Crabbe assists)",   list_names)

Returns Damian Lillard. Or, if you wanted LaMarcus Aldridge, rather than changing your script, you'd use:

get_name("LaMarcus Aldridge makes 18-foot jumper (Allen Crabbe assists)", list_names)

According to your original question,

def get_name(string, list_names):
   for player in list_names:
    if player==string:
        return player


list_names = ['LaMarcus Aldridge',
 'Damian Lillard',
 'Wesley Matthews',
 'Arron Afflalo',
 'Robin Lopez',
 'Nicolas Batum',
 'Chris Kaman']

get_name('Damian Lillard', list_names)

Upvotes: 1

Daniyal Syed
Daniyal Syed

Reputation: 563

Try this :

import re
def get_name(string, list_names):
    for name in list_names:
        match = re.search(r'\b%s\b'%(name),string)
        if match:
            return name

string ="Damian Lillard makes 18-foot jumper (Allen Crabbe assists)"
list_names = ['LaMarcus Aldridge','Damian Lillard','Wesley Matthews','Arron Afflalo','Robin Lopez','Nicolas Batum','Chris Kaman']

print(get_name(string,list_names))

Upvotes: 0

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