Answer to Question #336468 in Python for Kiran

Question

Write a program to print the following, Given a word W and pattern P, you need to check whether the pattern matches the given word.The word will only contain letters(can be Uppercase and Lowercase). The pattern can contain letters, ? and *.

? : Can be matched with any single letter.
* : Can be matched with any sequence of letters (including an empty sequence).

If the pattern matches with the given word, print True else False.

Sample Input1

3

Hello *l?

Hell He?ll

Hell ?*

Sample Output1

True

False

True

Sample Input2

3

Hello Hell*

Hell He*ll

Hell hell*

Sample Output2

True

True

False

Answer 1

import re
num = int(input())
ans = []
for _ in range(num):
    w, p = input().split()
    p = p.replace('?', '.').replace('*', '\w*')
    ans.append(bool(re.fullmatch(p, w)))
print(*ans, sep='\n')

Sample Input1:

3

Hello *l?

Hell He?ll

Hell ?*

Sample Output1:

True

False

True

Sample Input2:

3

Hello Hell*

Hell He*ll

Hell hell*

Sample Output2:

True

True

False