PyPro #60 Extract words starting with 'a', 'd' or 's'

Extract words starting with a given letter in Python

Extract words starting with a given letter in Python

Extract words starting with 'a', 'd' or 's'. Write a Regular Expression in Python to extract all words from a string starting with a, d or s. 

Extract words starting with 'a', 'd' or 's'

import re

sourceString = 'apple ball cat dog eagle sea sort'

print( re.findall(r'\b[ads]\w+\b', sourceString) )			# ['apple', 'dog', 'sea', 'sort']

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