i hope this may help you.
countries = ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"]
filtered = filter(lambda item: item.startswith('a'), l)-- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
i hope this may help you.
countries = ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"]
filtered = filter(lambda item: item.startswith('a'), l)-- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list