How can i compare if a text line starts with a word in Python?

Question

I have a key text "Outros" and a text file im reading and enumerating. I need to print only the lines that starts with that key. Is it possible?

Im alreadying printing lines, but it prints every line that has this key inside the line, not only the start. I really have no idea of how i can do this.

for index, line in enumerate(lines):
    if a in line:
        print(line.rstrip())
    if b in line:
        print(line.rstrip())

A string object has the method `startswith` for that. – Michael Butscher Jun 25 '19 at 19:42 — Michael Butscher, Jun 25 '19 at 19:42

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '19 at 19:42

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for index, line in enumerate(lines):
    if line.startswith('Outros'):
        print(line)

answered Jun 25 '19 at 19:42

Tom Lubenow

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