Question

Ok, stuck on another Python Question. I have tried this a few times, but can’t seem to figure it out.

Question: Implement a function startString( char, stringlist) that returns a list of all strings in the list that begin with the character char.

startString('s',["simple", "to", "do", "some","things"])

This is what I have tried thus far and I know it doesn’t work:

def startString(char, stringlist):
    newlist = []
    for i in stringlist:
        if stringlist[0] == char:
            newlist.append(stringlist)
    print newlist

Thank for any help that is offered.

Answer 1

try this:

def startString(char, stringlist):
    newlist = []
    for string in stringlist:
        if string.startswith(char):
            newlist.append(string)
    print newlist