Item matching in an array

In the Searching for an item in an array recipe, we searched for a specific name using the contains comparison operator. This way, we looked for a complete element, without wildcards or regex.

In this recipe, we will use wildcard and regex matching to find elements that match a pattern.

Build on the Accessing and manipulating array items recipe and look for individuals whose last names end with son. Perform this search using the like and the match comparison operators.

How to do it...

The flow is simple. All we have to do is replace the contains operator with like or match:

1. Import the names from the text file.
2. Look for the elements that end with son within the newly constructed array.
3. Flip the first...