How can I print out words from a list that contains a particular letter? I know what to do with words starting with specific letter but not in BETWEEN

Question

This is the example list

greekAlpha = ["alpha", "beta", "gamma", "epsilon"]

i need to print out words that contains specific letter in between the words. not starting with. example letter: e — Spicy Meatballs, Nov 10 '21 at 18:58

Suraj Shejal · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-10T19:02:47.997

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This is One liner approach to condition

a = [print(word) for word in greekAlpha if "a" in word]

edited Nov 10 '21 at 19:02

answered Nov 10 '21 at 19:01

Suraj Shejal

He says he wants them printed out... – Larry the Llama Nov 10 '21 at 19:02
@LarrytheLlama yes just edited – Suraj Shejal Nov 10 '21 at 19:04
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[Is it pythonic to use list comprehensions for just side effects](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5753597/is-it-pythonic-to-use-list-comprehensions-for-just-side-effects) - `for w in greekAlpha: if "a" in w: print(w)` would be better – Patrick Artner Nov 10 '21 at 20:06

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '21 at 18:56

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for word in greekAlpha:
    if word.count(letter) > 0:
        print(word)

answered Nov 10 '21 at 18:56

Larry the Llama

i need to print out words that contains specific letter in between the words. not starting with. example letter: e – Spicy Meatballs Nov 10 '21 at 18:58
Yeah, I put count first then changed it then changed it back. – Larry the Llama Nov 10 '21 at 18:59
@SpicyMeatballs This works (it worked to start off with, but I changed it, then changed it back again so it should work now). Also, this one is handy because you can see how many times it is in there, too. – Larry the Llama Nov 10 '21 at 19:00
THANK YOU LARRY! – Spicy Meatballs Nov 10 '21 at 19:07

Seth Faulkner · Answer 3 · 2021-11-10T19:02:39.083

0

What about this?

for word in greekAlpha:
    if 'a' in word:
        print(word)

If you're worried about case

for word in greekAlpha:
    if letter.lower() in word.lower():
        print(word)

edited Nov 10 '21 at 19:02

answered Nov 10 '21 at 18:56

Seth Faulkner

3 Answers3