How to select part of a string?

Question

I'm trying to compare the Gen-Eds needed to graduate at various colleges I'm considering. I want to specifically count anything that contains a key term(ex: ENG), but I can only get it to work for the whole string.

My current code looks like this

lis_UofM= ['LINGUS','MATH','NatSCI','LINGUS', 'ART', 'SocSCI']
lis_IIT=['MATH','NatSCI','ENG','MATH','PhysSCI','CompSCI']
lis_UCSD=['ENG','MATH','NatSCI','ENG','SocSCI','ART']

UofM_ENG=lis_UofM.count('ENG')+lis_UofM.count('LINGUS')
IIT_ENG=lis_IIT.count('ENG')
UCSD_ENG=lis_UCSD.count('ENG')

chart=pygal.StackedBar()
chart.add('UofM-Twin Cities',[UofM_MATH,UofM_ENG])
chart.add('IIT',[IIT_MATH, IIT_ENG])
chart.add('UCSD',[UCSD_MATH,UCSD_ENG])
chart.render()

I would like to count classes like 'ENG103' and 'ENG 202' or count all classes containing 'SCI' without making separate count functions for each of them. Is that possible?

i would do like `IIT_ENG=len([x for x in lis_IIT if 'ENG' in x])` — SuperStew, Feb 02 '21 at 21:26

xanatos · Answer 1 · 2021-02-02T21:33:31.350

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I think you can use something like this

sum('ENG' in s for s in lis_IIT)

This other post has some additional info and techniques

Count occurrences of a substring in a list of strings

edited Feb 02 '21 at 21:33

answered Feb 02 '21 at 21:26

xanatos

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You would have to post your updated code for me to take a look – xanatos Feb 02 '21 at 22:40
Thank you for your assistance. – Makayla Lawrence Feb 02 '21 at 23:04
@MakaylaLawrence if this response answers your question could you mark it as such to help others looking for an answer in the future. – xanatos Jul 08 '21 at 20:25

How to select part of a string?

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