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How to retrieve only those elements of list which matches user input?


i need to take input from user and only that group of words should return to me where the input string occurs. For example if i search for people then only those group of words where people appears should be retrieved as output.

here is my sample output:

 [(0, '0.897*"allah" + 0.120*"indeed" + 0.117*"lord" + 0.110*"said" + 0.101*"people" + 0.093*"upon" + 0.083*"shall" + 0.082*"unto" + 0.072*"believe" + 0.070*"earth"'), (1, '0.495*"lord" + 0.398*"said" + -0.377*"allah" + 0.252*"shall" + 0.241*"people" + 0.236*"unto" + 0.195*"indeed" + 0.131*"upon" + 0.117*"come" + 0.109*"thou"'), (2, '-0.682*"lord" + 0.497*"shall" + 0.350*"unto" + 0.125*"thee" + 0.125*"thou" + -0.098*"indeed" + -0.092*"said" + 0.092*"come" + 0.091*"people" + 0.080*"truth"'), (3, '-0.615*"shall" + 0.520*"people" + -0.395*"lord" + 0.259*"said" + 0.227*"indeed" + 0.103*"would" + 0.081*"sent" + 0.078*"among" + -0.059*"deeds" + -0.053*"good"'), (4, '0.675*"unto" + -0.425*"shall" + -0.335*"indeed"  + 0.214*"thou" + 0.180*"thee" + 0.161*"lord" + -0.105*"said" + 0.099*"hath" + -0.075*"upon"'), (5, '-0.760*"said" + 0.356*"indeed" + 0.261*"upon" + 0.157*"would" + -0.130*"shall" + 0.109*"earth" + -0.108*"allah" + 0.105*"lord" + 0.100*"truth" + 0.096*"good"')

Here is my expected output:

 [(0, '0.897*"allah" + 0.120*"indeed" + 0.117*"lord" + 0.110*"said" + 0.101*"people" + 0.093*"upon" + 0.083*"shall" + 0.082*"unto" + 0.072*"believe" + 0.070*"earth"'), (1, '0.495*"lord" + 0.398*"said" + -0.377*"allah" + 0.252*"shall" + 0.241*"people" + 0.236*"unto" + 0.195*"indeed" + 0.131*"upon" + 0.117*"come" + 0.109*"thou"'), (2, '-0.682*"lord" + 0.497*"shall" + 0.350*"unto" + 0.125*"thee" + 0.125*"thou" + -0.098*"indeed" + -0.092*"said" + 0.092*"come" + 0.091*"people" + 0.080*"truth"'), (3, '-0.615*"shall" + 0.520*"people" + -0.395*"lord" + 0.259*"said" + 0.227*"indeed" + 0.103*"would" + 0.081*"sent" + 0.078*"among" + -0.059*"deeds" + -0.053*"good"')]

Solution

  • Use a function with two parameter , one is your desired string and second is your list :

    Data is :

    data=[(0,
      '0.897*"allah" + 0.120*"indeed" + 0.117*"lord" + 0.110*"said" + 0.101*"people" + 0.093*"upon" + 0.083*"shall" + 0.082*"unto" + 0.072*"believe" + 0.070*"earth"'),
     (1,
      '0.495*"lord" + 0.398*"said" + -0.377*"allah" + 0.252*"shall" + 0.241*"people" + 0.236*"unto" + 0.195*"indeed" + 0.131*"upon" + 0.117*"come" + 0.109*"thou"'),
     (2,
      '-0.682*"lord" + 0.497*"shall" + 0.350*"unto" + 0.125*"thee" + 0.125*"thou" + -0.098*"indeed" + -0.092*"said" + 0.092*"come" + 0.091*"people" + 0.080*"truth"'),
     (3,
      '-0.615*"shall" + 0.520*"people" + -0.395*"lord" + 0.259*"said" + 0.227*"indeed" + 0.103*"would" + 0.081*"sent" + 0.078*"among" + -0.059*"deeds" + -0.053*"good"'),
     (4,
      '0.675*"unto" + -0.425*"shall" + -0.335*"indeed"  + 0.214*"thou" + 0.180*"thee" + 0.161*"lord" + -0.105*"said" + 0.099*"hath" + -0.075*"upon"'),
     (5,
      '-0.760*"said" + 0.356*"indeed" + 0.261*"upon" + 0.157*"would" + -0.130*"shall" + 0.109*"earth" + -0.108*"allah" + 0.105*"lord" + 0.100*"truth" + 0.096*"good"')]
    

    Detailed solution :

    def search_strin(stri,list_1):
        final_list=[]
        for tup in list_1:
            for item in tup:
                if isinstance(item,str):
                    if stri in item:
                        final_list.append(tup)
    
        return final_list
    
    print(search_strin('people',data))
    

    output:

    Its returning only those group which have 'people' in string.

    [(0, '0.897*"allah" + 0.120*"indeed" + 0.117*"lord" + 0.110*"said" + 0.101*"people" + 0.093*"upon" + 0.083*"shall" + 0.082*"unto" + 0.072*"believe" + 0.070*"earth"'), (1, '0.495*"lord" + 0.398*"said" + -0.377*"allah" + 0.252*"shall" + 0.241*"people" + 0.236*"unto" + 0.195*"indeed" + 0.131*"upon" + 0.117*"come" + 0.109*"thou"'), (2, '-0.682*"lord" + 0.497*"shall" + 0.350*"unto" + 0.125*"thee" + 0.125*"thou" + -0.098*"indeed" + -0.092*"said" + 0.092*"come" + 0.091*"people" + 0.080*"truth"'), (3, '-0.615*"shall" + 0.520*"people" + -0.395*"lord" + 0.259*"said" + 0.227*"indeed" + 0.103*"would" + 0.081*"sent" + 0.078*"among" + -0.059*"deeds" + -0.053*"good"')]
    

    Just for fun one line solution if you want to try:

    search='people'
    
    print([tup for tup in data for item in tup if isinstance(item,str) if search in item])
    

    As you commented you are getting empty list , You should check that you are passing correct list. You can check here live running code :