#!/usr/bin/python

# strings for testing
my_string1="Red Hat Linux"
my_string2="CentOS"
my_string3="Debian"
my_string4="Ubuntu Linux"

my_string_list = [my_string1, my_string2, my_string3, my_string4]

for string in my_string_list:

  # Starts with matching
  if string.startswith("C"):
    print(string + " matched a 'C' begining.")

  # Matching slice: character at index 1 up to, but not including index 2
  #    string indexes start at 0 = the 2nd character in the string.
  if string.startswith("e", 1, 2):
    print(string + " matched a 'e' in the 2nd character.")

  # Ends with matching
  if string.endswith("Linux"):
    print(string + " matched a 'Linux' at the end.")

  # Find a string within a string (returns -1 if not found)
  if string.find("Hat") != -1:
    print("Found 'Hat' in string: " + string)