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+====== String Matching ======
+**General Information**
+Different string functions for matching.
+**Checklist**
+  * Python 2 or 3
+----
+====== Usage ======
+Using the code snippet.
+<code bash>
+chmod +x string-matching.py
+./string-matching.py
+</code>
+----
+====== The Code ======
+<code python string-matching.py>
+#!/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)
+</code>
+----