str startswith with a list of strings to test for

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I m trying to avoid using so many if statements and comparisons and simply use a list  but not sure how to use it with str startswith   if link lower   startswith  js    or link lower   startswith  catalog    or link lower   startswith  script    or link lower   startswith  scripts    or link lower   startswith  katalog           then  do something    What I would like it to be is   if link lower   startswith   in   js   catalog   script   scripts   katalog          then  do something    Any help would be appreciated

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You can also use any    map   like so   if any map l startswith  x        pass   Do something   Or alternatively  using a generator expression   if any l startswith s  for s in x      pass   Do something

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str startswith allows you to supply a tuple of strings to test for   if link lower   startswith   js    catalog    script    katalog       From the docs      str startswith prefix   start   end         Return True if string starts with the prefix  otherwise return False  prefix can also be a tuple of prefixes to look for     Below is a demonstration    gt  gt  gt   abcde  startswith   xyz    abc    True  gt  gt  gt  prefixes     xyz    abc    gt  gt  gt   abcde  startswith tuple prefixes     You must use a tuple though True  gt  gt  gt

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