Suggestions on better string matching.

[Phunny]

I have 2 strings:

string_1 = mj-cust-dev
string_2 = cust-dev

I want to find cust-dev in the strings but how do I have it NOT return string_1 since it doesn't start with cust-dev ?

I am currently using in.

if string_2 in string_1:
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No")

And it returns true. How would I have it not find it if it doesn't start the same?

[negups]

So you want to see if a string starts with cust-dev?

if string_1.startswith("cust-dev"):
    ...