spac.utils.regex_search_list(regex_patterns, list_to_search)

Perfrom regex (regular expression) search in a list and return list of strings matching the regex pattern

Parameters:

• regex_pattern (str or a list of str) – The regex pattern to look for, single pattern or a list of patterns.

• list_to_search (list of str) – A list of string to seach for string that matches regex pattern.

Returns:

A list of strings containing results from search.

Return type:

list of str

Example

>>> regex_pattern = ["A", "^B.*"]
>>> list_to_search = ["ABC", "BC", "AC", "AB"]
>>> result = regex_search_list(regex_pattern, list_to_search)
>>> print(result)
['BC']